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 a negative development? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

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These days in a lot of countries,
people
who
lived
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in urban and
sub-urban
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are decided to move and migrate to
cities
and
due to
this
reason, the population of
countryside
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the countryside
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is significantly decrease
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is significantly decreased
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, in
this
following
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essay I will try to express my negative opinion with two main reasons. from my point of view, one of the important reasons,
it
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would be
pollution
, if
cities
have more population and
member
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, they will be more polluted,
furthermore
due to
this
reason the
people
of
city
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the city
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who are native may
have
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experience low and poor quality in their living area. the
pollution
it
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may
be contain
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Air
pollution
, Sound
pollution
, etc.
this
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issue
also
can impact on health of
people
who are immigrating or have lived in that
are
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for so long time. the second main reason is energy consumption will dramatically increase and
in
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result
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, the government should prepare more energy and
also
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human resources for
desired
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city to
invent
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bad
effect
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which can be
also
crucial.
for instance
, overusing cars and vehicles can
be caused
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to consume more fuel in comparison with regular
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that
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can affect on petrochemical industry
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forced
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them to generate more fuel and
synthesis
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more gasoline to resolve
this
vital issue.
in
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overall
,
due to
two main reasons:
pollution
and energy consumption, I vigorously agree
with
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population
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the population
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immigrate
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immigrating
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to the
cities
area
instead
of living or working in native urban
cities
can
caused
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cause
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have
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apply
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negative developments and issues, both for
people
who are native and
people
who are immigrate.
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The essay addresses the task with relevant main ideas and supporting arguments. The stance on the topic is clearly negative and consistent.
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The essay provides specific examples to illustrate points, such as the impact on pollution and energy consumption.
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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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