In some countries, university students live at home with their families while they study, whereas in other countries students attend university in another city. Do you think the benefits of living away from home during university outweigh the disadvantages?

It is widely
thinking
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that
students
study at the
university
but
also
live at
home
with their family compared to attending
university
in another city. I believe that the drawbacks of living away
their
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family in
university
time are eclipsed by the benefits. On the one hand, some may argue that student
study
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at
the
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university
should not live away from their
home
city because it may contribute several detrimental
effect
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effects
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to them. Regarding the first reason, if
students
live
to
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too
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far from their
parents
, it will be hard for their
parents
to take care and look after
of
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their children.
For example
, some
students
do not have independence, their
parents
can lead them into the right way to learn.
Conversely
, I take a view that
this
circumstance offers to go to another city for
university
. Indeed,
students
can be free in the way they are studying, hanging out with
the
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friends and so on. Some
parents
do not want their children
join
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in some occasions or some trips with their friends or schools because they think those activities are
unprofiable
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unprofitable
profitable
so they do not let their children
to
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apply
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go. Another supporting view is that
students
can have more knowledge
by
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through
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many new
experience
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experiences
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in
the
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a
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new location that they have never known before.
For example
, I lived in
countryside
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the countryside
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, but when I turned to the main step of my life
is go
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to
the
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university
, I
was choosing
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chose
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to live away from my
home
to study and experience
in
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apply
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the
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a
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difference
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different
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style
living
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of living
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. In conclusion, despite all the
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mentioned
mentiones
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mentioned
drawbacks that
students
may have when they go to
university
too far from their
home
, I hold a belief that
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the benefit
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benefit
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the benefit
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of it weigh heavier.
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