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

The

last

50 years have seen a dramatic increase in the relocation of people from the countryside to urban areas.

Although

there may be valid arguments to the contrary, in

this

essay, I would contend that the drawbacks associated with

this

trend are incomparable with the benefits. Two primary reasons for

this

are as follows. First of all, it is an indisputable fact that the relocation of the rural population to urban areas for the sake of better life facilities would lead to a recession in the agriculture industry. A salient example of

this

is Tehran the capital of Iran where

according to

the statistics more than half of the villages remained isolated in 2017 and the production of agricultural products declined by 20 percent.

Furthermore

, it is obvious that continuing

this

phenomenon would result in the integration of new movers into modern urban culture and forgetting the national cultural heritage.

Secondly

and even more importantly though, is the fact that the climb in the number of the urban population would disrupt the balance between the supply and demand, in destination cities. People will compete for staples like employment or owning a home. so, predictable would be inflation

as well as

unemployment and criminal behaviours in urban regions. Admittedly growth in traffic congestion, air pollution and water pollution is more likely to appear

following

this

trend. By the way of conclusion, I once again reaffirm my position that

although

a wide range of facilities are concentrated in urban areas, which, attract many people to those places, the mentioned drawbacks would be insurmountable in the foreseeable future. So, taking policies to reverse

this

trend is likely to be more constructive.