Many major cities are facing a housing crisis as they cannot provide enough land for new buildings. Some local governments believe the problem could be solved by reassigning park land for residential development, because this land would be better used for housing. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

As the topic sentence suggests, a lot of major

cities

are confronting a severe housing problem without enough capacity to give space for novel buildings.

Although

some governments argue that

this

can be solved by demolishing

parks

to compensate for the needs, I strongly disagree with

this

idea because ruining the

parks

with natural landscapes will harm

people

’s health and there are other options

such

as urging exporting

people

and companies outside of the city area.

First,

just making space by destroying the existing buildings and

parks

does not solve the fundamental problems; the major

cities

are too crowded for

people

to live comfortably.

Therefore

, governments should pay attention to distributing

this

burden to the

countryside

, where they hold various problems because of the shortage of workforce.

For example

, in Japan, in the midst of COVID-19,

people

were inevitably urged to work far from other

people

and every meeting was switched to online, which enabled many

people

to live in comfortable rural areas and

people

have noticed its merits, now there are more

people

who choose to live in the suburbs and

countryside

.

Second,

demolishing the natural

parks

will harbour many problems not only for the environment but

also

for

people

’s mental and physical health.

In other words

,

in contrast

to the

countryside

,

people

seldom find a place

such

as a playground, traffic for running or walking, and a park to feel relaxed in

cities

and destroying

such

precious places makes it almost impossible for anyone to maintain their health.

For instance

, in Tokyo in Japan, there are more individuals suffering from depression or other mental illnesses compared to those in the

countryside

and some

people

have completely recovered from the depression just by moving outside of the city area surrounded by a more cheerful atmosphere and more nature. In conclusion, I strongly disagree with the idea of making space for living or business by ruining the existing parkland because it will do more harm than merit for local

people

and governments should seek for redistribution of the workforce and residents outside of the major

cities

.