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

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The rate of people migrating from rural to urban areas has increased in multiple countries around the globe, which
lead
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to a decline in their
countryside
population
. I think
this
is a negative development as the
decreasing
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in rural
population
would negatively impact their facilities and agricultural work.
Countryside
residents would suffer from the lack of staff to run their various facilities
such
as
schools
, hospitals and clinics. In
schools
, as professional teachers are moving to the cities, seeking perhaps higher wages, the rural areas'
schools
wouldn't have enough members to educate the children there,
subsequently
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this
will affect their education level and put a burden on their parents to send them to
further
schools
or
home schooling
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them. The same would happen in the hospitals and clinics, the shortage
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doctors and nurses will put the residents, mostly senior
citiziens
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citizens
, in dangerous situations when they can't get proper medical care. These and more other facilities will
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affected by the decrease in the
countryside
population
. As for the impact on the
agriculture
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field, the productivity of the agricultural lands in the
countryside
would fall down. As most of the residents are from
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generation, and because of the young workers shortage, it would be difficult to take care of their croplands and livestock.
As a result
, the crop yield and food supply would decrease.
Moreover
, the experience from the professional farmers would lost as there
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enough young people to be mentored. All of that would exert a negative impact on the agriculture growth. In conclusion, I believe that the drop in rural
areas
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population
,
due to
the increased movement to the cities, is a negative trend affecting the performance of their
schools
, clinics and their agricultural land
efficiancy
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efficiency
.
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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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