Essay number 158
An increasing number of people choose to live in big cities. What problems will this bring
about? Should the government encourage people to live in small towns?
Cities act as magnets to many from rural areas. As a consequence of this migration many
problems arise in the cities. This essay will discuss these problems and also give opinion on
whether or not the government should encourage people to live in small towns.
A major problem is the pressure on the cities’ infrastructure. For example, as more and
more people crowd into cities, water delivery and sewerage disposal systems are often
found to be inadequate to cope with demand. Moreover, unlicensed construction of
dwellings usually leads to further problems for water and sewerage systems. Roads and
transport services also suffer when they are overused. As more and more people attempt
to travel, the roads quickly become overcrowded and traffic slows. Examples of this
situation can be found in many cities throughout the world. Not only this, these congested
roads become more and more accident prone.
Certainly, if the government encourages people to live in small towns, it would have a
positive impact on the overcrowding of some cities. There would be less traffic, less people
in the city centre, and this would obviously be highly desirable. In addition, there would be
less strain on the services offered by the city – banks, public transportation, restaurants and
the like. This would mean a reduction in queues and faster customer service.
However, the problem would be that a dramatic reduction in numbers of people in the cities
would mean that many businesses would go broke. Restaurants, cafes and other service
areas would suffer tremendously. What would happen is that overcrowding would occur in
the small towns. More and more people offering services would spring up - restaurants,
shopping centres and other businesses would be needed to service the increasingly larger
numbers of people who live in that area. So, although the idea seems good in theory, it
would be very impractical. The better solution to the problem would be a careful planning
of the city keeping in mind the future population predictions.
To put it in a nutshell I pen down saying the because of migration of people from rural to
urban areas, many problems arise in cities but the solution is not in encouraging people to
live in small towns as this would be a short sighted approach.
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