Some think that too much money has been spent looking after and repairing old buildings, so we knock down old buildings and build modern ones instead. To what extent do you agree or disagree.

In Taiwan, there are a lot of old

buidings

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buildings

situated at the

center

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centre

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of the

cities

. Some people suggest

to rebuild

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rebuilding

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the whole society

while

other

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others

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try to find solutions to make the old building stronger. I stand for the old

buiding

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building

should be rebuilt

instead

of

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renovated

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. The new houses can withstand the strong

earthquakes

and

also

make the

appearence

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appearance

of the

cities

look better and tidy. As

the

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a

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matter of fact, Taiwan is located

on

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in

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the

high

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highly

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intensive earthquake zone of

Pacific

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the Pacific

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ocean

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Ocean

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, which means we should encounter

earthquakes

frequently. The old buildings

are

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can

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hardly withstand the shaking from either vertical or horizontal

earthquakes

. The inner parts of the

house

may have

the

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a

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weak structure or fragile iron.

While

a modern building can deal with the problem. The advanced

techonology

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technology

allows it to

staand

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stand

still

when

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during when

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earthquake

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an earthquake

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. Building a modern

house

is necessary.

Secondly

, most of the old buildings have an ugly

apperance

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appearance

. The wind, rain and typhoon

effect

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affect

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the wall of

buiding

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buildings

. Some

part

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parts

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of

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the paints

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paints

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paint

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has

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have

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faded away or some of the tiles

has

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have been

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missed. That makes the buildings look old and dirty. It's really hard to combine with the modern

cities

. Take Taipei as an example, there

were

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still a lot of old

house

cover

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covered

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with iron

fense

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fences

by

thier

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their

windows, making

the

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apply

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Taipei

city

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City

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looks

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look

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ugly. The proper way to fix the problem is

tearing

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to tear

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down

those

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that house

those houses

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house

and

building

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build

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a new one. All in all,

buiding

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building

a new

mordern

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modern

house

is not an easy task.

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the old

house

seems like

cost

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costs

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less money. I believe people prefer the latter one.

However

, I think the best solution

is build

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is to build

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a new one. It allows people to live in a safer place to escape

earthquakes

, but

also

benifit

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benefit

benefits

the

appearence

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appearance

of the

cities

.