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When a new town is planned, it is more important to develop public parks and sports facilities than shopping centers for people to spend their free time in. Do you agree or disagree?

#town #parks #sports #facilities #centers #people #time
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observed
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 that it is more crucial to grow public areas like parks and sports equipment than shopping places
when
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people
to
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spend their space time. I fully support
such
 a measure to do. In my viewpoint,
this
 can bring about many positive outcomes. The first benefit is that it exposes us to different sports and humanity, which stimulates us to be more active and healthier. We may
also
 be motivated to challenge existing limits of our physical and mental abilities, and even generate breakthrough innovations and achievements.
Secondly
, it is undeniable that
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development
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 of public parks and exercise areas is a commendable
behavior
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 that can generate
positive
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a positive
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outcomes
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outcome
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 for society and individuals.
This
behavior
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 manifests social responsibility and
humanitarian
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 spirit. It can contribute to the resolution of social problems and improve
of
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the
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people
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 body condition. It cannot be ignored that there are some disadvantages associated with
this
 practice. One of the drawbacks is that it does not bring commensurate rewards and leads to diminishing marginal utility, which means that the additional benefit of building public sports grounds to aid
people
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 health
healthier
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decreases as
amount
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 of time increases.
This
 resulted in inefficiencies and waste of resources, which could be allocated to more productive and beneficial activities. Fortunately, there are some measures we can take to improve
this
 alarming situation. One of the possible
solution
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 to
this
 problem is to enhance the government’s regulations of time spent using public facilities, especially the supervision of
elderly
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the elderly
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 and young population. Impose higher penalties that violate the regulations on
people
 who lack movement. In conclusion, l believe that the benefits largely of
this
 matter surpass the drawbacks, as it possesses remarkable merits and demerits are manageable.
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