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Some people believe that it is better to live and work in vertical cities. Others, however, think that horizontal cities are better for living and working. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.


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Some people believe that it is better to live and work in vertical cities. Others, however, think that horizontal cities are better for living and working.


Discuss both views and give your own opinion.


Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant example from your knowledge or experience.

Write at least 250 words.



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With the advent of industrialization, the world has become a global village by giving birth to innumerable metro and cosmopolitan cities. These mega-cities are developing at a rapid pace in the form of vertical and horizontal scenarios. Both types have merits and demerits. Hence, this essay is an attempt to address them. 



On the one hand, the horizontal city basically belongs to affluent and liberal regimes having separate houses with broad highways and private gardens. Moreover, horizontal cities are also known as garden cities and provide fresh air to the people living there. Individuals living in such places can rejuvenate themselves by visiting multiple public parks too. Further, in these cities, the pollution level is usually lower, owing to which people face lesser diseases. 


The drawbacks would mainly be regarding the area of natural habitation which needs to be cleared to maintain the pace of development. Besides this, such places are unable to allure different industries because of lesser inhabited places. 


The other type of city which is the vertical city is more commonplace these days. The root of these cities is the unfettered growth of population and dearth of suitable land for additional urbanisation, which force people to move toward skyscrapers. The biggest advantage of such cities is that the work is available easily here since these cities are highly advanced in getting industries as compared to horizontal. 


The major disadvantage of these cities is they have become garbage hills. In detail, an inclination to rubbish in vertical cities is directly proportional to population burst. Similarly, these cities are more polluted as people tend to use more fossil operated vehicles and giving rise to diseases like Asthma and Cancer. 


To conclude, after discussing both schools of thought, I am of the opinion that both cities have their upsides and downsides, and it entirely varies from person to person regarding the choice of a city. 


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