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

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People
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from
countryside
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the countryside
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move to big
cities
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these days in almost
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of
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every nation,
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is leading to a significant drop in the rate of rural
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people
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people's
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poupulation
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population
. There are many reasons behind
for
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this
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situation,
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although
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and although
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it has both positive and negative effects,
i
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believe that
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the positive
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outweigh the negative.
To begin
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with, moving to modern
cities
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has
serveral
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several
negative impacts on the city and local
people
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.
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, increasing
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the population contributes to
insufficient
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the insufficient
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accomodation
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accommodation
issue offered by the city.
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may cause
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siginificantly
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significant
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increase in prices of apartment rental charges and prices of houses.
Seondly
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,
higher
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poupulation
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population
further
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enhances
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of vehicles, which is leading to
air
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pollution
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issues
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bigger in modern
cities
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. At the same time, decreasing
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the
number of
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population in rural areas may cause
lack
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a lack
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of human resources in different
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kinds
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of offices and schools.
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, there
are
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a wide range of benefits that can be gained from moving to big
cities
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People
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tend to transfer
for getting
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a better quality of life in various areas
such
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as education, work, careers, and healthcare. The majority of
people
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who have
chidren
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children
are willing to move for
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education system available in
cities
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when
it
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compares
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to
countryoutskirt
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country outskirt
. For employees, a bunch of work
opportunites
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opportunities
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them
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to upgrade their living standard and career. Meanwhile, looking at the
employers
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perspectives, obtaining a variety of resources
such
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ask
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as
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skillfull
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are
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likely to be advantageous for them. After consideration of all these aspects, I think moving to modern
cities
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would offer
better
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a better
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quality of
lives
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life
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for
people
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,
that is
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why
benefits
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the benefits
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are probably greater than
drawbacks
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the drawbacks
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in that situation.
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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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