Some people prefer to live in a small town. Others prefer to live in a big city. Which place would you prefer to live in? Use specific reasons and details to support your answer.

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I agree that some
people
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prefer to live in small
towns
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whilst others prefer to live in big
cities
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.
According to
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me, living in a small
town
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has its advantages
than
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living in big
cities
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. In
this
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essay
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I will be mentioning reasons and details to support my answer.
People
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who prefer to live in small
towns
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usually love to stay there as it is very calm compared to living in the
city
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. Small
towns
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are now developed and have almost all the facilities that a big
city
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has. They have good hospitals,
grocercery
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grocery
stores, malls, movie theatres, etc.
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Although living
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in the
city
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has everything right in the corner and is easily accessible anywhere and at any time. The big
cities
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are
usualy
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usually
too
corwded
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crowded
and noisy
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anytime
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of the day
whereas
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,
on the other hand
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, small
towns
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are peaceful to live in and
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are
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not
over crowded
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overcrowded
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. An article that was written by Thomas Welston in the year 1998,
also
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proves that 85% of
people
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prefer to live in smaller
towns
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compared to those living in the big
cities
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. I believe that
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it depends from person to person where they prefer to live depending on their needs and circumstances.
For instance
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, some
people
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may prefer living in smaller
towns
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but
due to
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their
work
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they have to move to the
city
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as it will be easy for them to travel to work. The same applies to
people
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who prefer to live in the
city
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but they have to move to a smaller
town
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to either look after their family or for various other reasons including work.
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, I believe that most
of
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the
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people
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prefer to live in a smaller
town
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due to
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the reasons I have stated in the above paragraphs. In conclusion, living in a smaller
town
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can be calming to an
individuals
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life and can be
stress free
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stress-free
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for some
people
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.
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task achievement
Ensure you directly address the question prompt. Clearly state your preference and support it with specific reasons and examples to fulfill the task achievement criteria thoroughly.
coherence and cohesion
Develop a clear and logical structure with well-connected paragraphs. Use a variety of cohesive devices to help the flow of your essay and enhance readability.
logical structure
Include an independent introduction that clearly states your thesis, followed by body paragraphs that each introduce a central idea, supported by specific examples, and conclude with a summary that reiterates your main points.
introduction/conclusion presence
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supported main points
Support your main points with specific examples and thorough explanations. Use varied sentence structures and relevant anecdotes or hypothetical situations when appropriate.

Support ideas with relevant, specific examples

Examples make your writing easier to understand by illustrating points more effectively.

Examples, if used properly, not only help you get higher marks for ‘Task Response’ but also for ‘Coherence’.

When giving examples it is best to put them after your main idea or topic sentence. They can be used in the middle of supporting sentences or they can be used to start a new sentence. There is no rule for where exactly to give examples in essays, logically they would come after your main idea/topic sentence or just after a supporting sentence.

Linking words for giving examples:

  • for example
  • for instance
  • to illustrate this
  • to give a clear example
  • such as
  • namely
  • to illustrate
  • take, for example

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