It is too expensive to look after and repair old buildings. This money should be spent on building modern buildings instead. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?

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money
need
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to fix and look after old
buildings
and
this fees
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ought to
save
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up
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on luxury
buildings
instead
. I tend to disagree with
this
idea because of the benefits of conserving old
buildings
on the economy, environment, pollution and
people
's health and it is more economical to conserve
buildings
, another point is that some old
buildings
are historic.
On the other hand
, construction and demolition will produce a lot of industrial waste and it damages the
government
and
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when the
government
keeps old
buildings
it saves too much
money
and the
government
might
be spent
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it into
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into
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the processing environment.
On the other hand
, during construction air
is
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pollution especially affects
people
living around and when pollution is
fewer
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people
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health is better and the
government
will not waste
money
for
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medical costs. Another point to consider is that
improvement
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and keeping ancient
buildings
pays out
money
and
this
money
should
be invest
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be invested
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for
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in
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new
buildings
and in my opinion, the
government
should spend too much
money
for
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on
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keeping safe and
repair
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repairing
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old
buildings
actually crucial places in
this
case, historic
buildings
or traditional houses because they are old and ancient and it is very important for keeping them. A good reason for
what
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that
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If some old
buildings
demolition
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are demolished
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and construction modern
buildings
instead
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are instead
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. Including, many old
buildings
are broken down or the
government
might be developing and transforming a
neighborhood
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neighbourhood
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and constructing luxury
buildings
or skyscrapers.
Finally
, In general, I tend to disagree because it is a more economical project and it might be damaging
for
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to
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the environment and
people
's health.
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