Ielts sample essays collection

IELTS SAMPLE ESSAYS COLLECTION 
VOLUME 1 – Academic Training 
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Example 2 
Nowadays, more and more of us are living in big cities, urban conurbations are 
developing all the time. Although there 
is
a wide variety in job opportunities and lots 
of leisure facilities in big cities, people have to confront many problems. I believe the 
government should provide more facilities in 
the 
countryside in the aim of reducing 
the negative effect of the population 
overcrowding
in the large cities. 
First of all, living in big cities is very stressful. This is because 
of 
many reasons. Firstly, 
traffic congestion is a source of frustration because most of the time it would be 
difficult to get from point A to point B. Accordingly, many workers confront delays 
when they commute to work. Secondly, the general cost of living which includes the 
high prices of accommodation units that most people on average salaries 
can
not 
afford to buy their own houses in addition to the cost of going outside to a restaurant, 
cinema and so on.
Air pollution is another issue that people have to deal with about living in big cities 
and there are several reasons behind this problem. For example, the massive amount 
of gasses which are emitted from car engines and cutting down a huge number of 
trees and exploiting the green areas to build more residential units to cover the 
demand of the growing of population. This situation definitely leads to respiratory 
diseases among people, 
accompanied
by noise pollution from the traffic roaring or 
from neighbours. 
From my point of view, if the government construct more accommodation units In 
suburban
areas and enhance the opportunities of getting jobs in those areas, this will 
encourage more people to move to 
the 
countryside and thus
…?
To conclude, it is clear that living in urban cities is not an easy thing starting from 
even buying a house
which
is out of reach for many people to the pollution issues. 
Nevertheless, these problems could be 
sorted
out 
if
the government encourage
s
people to live outside the big cities and build less expensive accommodations and 
entertainment facilities.