Topic: a great city should not be confounded with a populous one. Discuss the above statement and give your own opinion

Is great and populous have the same meaning? I don't think so. In my
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opinion
opnion
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there are several aspects that we need to consider to give a
city
a great score. Yet,maybe the one with
overcrowding
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an overcrowding
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population can be a good starting point to evaluate whether it is a great
city
or not.
Firts
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First
of all we can look for the facilities which
provided
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by the
city
. Let's compare the capital
city
of two countries, Indonesia and
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the Netherland
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Netherland
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Netherlands
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. Like many other capital
city
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cities
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, both of them are the most populated
city
in their country. From my personal
experiencess
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experiences
experience
, I can't see that the
transportation
system in Amsterdam, the capital
city
of
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the Netherland
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Netherland
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Netherlands
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, is
well integrated
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compare
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to Indonesia. In Amsterdam, most
of
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people choose to
use
public
transportations
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transportation
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because it's convenient to
use
and it
produce
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less carbon. Their government
really
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concern
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about the
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environment
environtment
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environment
so the facilities that they
provided
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provide
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are eco-friendly and easy to
use
so most
of
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people prefer to take public
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transportation
transpotation
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transportation
Now compare it to Jakarta,
capital
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city
of Indonesia. If you want to
use
public
transportation
for the first
time
and your destination is pretty far from the
city
's business
disctrict
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district
,
i
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bet it will take
much
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apply
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time
to figure it what public
transportation
that
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apply
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you need to take.
Not to mention
, the waiting
time
, and you will get stuck in the traffic jam, so it will take a lot of
time
to get to the destination that you want. The reason for that
because
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is because
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the government
not
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does not
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prioritize
the
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public
transportation
and
also
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is also
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not really concern about
environtmental
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environmental
aspects, and
this
issue contributed to the number of
polution
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pollution
in Jakarta. There are many
aspect
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that we need to consider before giving a
city
a great title. One of the most affecting aspects is
the
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public
transportation
becuase
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because
not only give impact to
the
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people
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people's
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mobility but
also
to
environtment
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environment
.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Confound
  • Populous
  • Cultural heritage
  • Urban design
  • Sustainability
  • Quality of life
  • Efficient governance
  • Overcrowding
  • Infrastructure
  • Urban sprawl
  • Economic growth
  • Cosmopolitan
  • Public services
  • Metropolis
  • Urban planning
  • Environmental footprint
  • Inclusivity
  • Civic amenities
  • Heritage conservation
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