In many countries around the world, rural people are moving to the cities, so the population in the countryside is decreasing. Do you think this is a positive or negative development?

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urbanization
rates
among
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the world
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been increasing. I believe
this
is a negative development because of some reasons.
First,
this
situation
is
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a
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prove
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that the government does not
paying
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attention to the rural areas' development.
Second,
the increasing numbers of
cities'
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population leads to many problems
such
as traffic congestion and destructed public facilities. On the one hand, the big gap between urban and rural
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facilities is the main reason
of
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the countryside's
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countryside's
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citizens
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movement
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to the cities. Living in
the
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place with
a
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hard access to crucial things
such
as
hospital
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,
job
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, and transportation would be hard to imagine.
For example
, the survey from
New
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York Times explains that the top reason
of
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urbanization
is to attain a better life.
Therefore
, the councils are responsible
to
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maintaining rural area's access.  On top of that, their movement to
the
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new places
are
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not resolving their problems. In
a big cities
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big cities
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with intense competition,
another problems
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arose.
For instance
, based on
the
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Jakarta's (the capital city of Indonesia)
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, traffic congestion
had
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become a problem after
the
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urbanization
has been
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initiated. Some public facilities
such
as public transportation
also
start to run out of capabilities to carry out many people. These explain why
urbanization
is not always a good solution. In conclusion,
urbanization
's disadvantages
are outweigh
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the advantages.
Therefore
, it is
such
a negative solution.
Instead
, the nation could construct the countryside to become an easy place to
life
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. That way,
urbanization
would not be needed and the rural's
citizen
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citizens
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can
life
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peacefully there.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • rural-to-urban migration
  • population shift
  • positive impact
  • negative impact
  • urbanization
  • job opportunities
  • access to education
  • access to healthcare
  • urban infrastructure
  • rural traditions
  • cultural heritage
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