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IELTS Essay: More and more people in the city live in homes with small spaces or no outdoo...

Prompt

More and more people in the city live in homes with small spaces or no outdoor areas. Do you think it is a negative or positive development?

#urban_housing#living_standards#public_health#city_planning

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Band 7 → 9 — Band 7 discusses mental/physical health impacts with some substantiation; Band 9 balances development as both constraint and necessity, examining design solutions that preserve wellbeing in dense urban contexts.

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Key concepts in this essay

psychological impacts of space, light, and nature access
affordable housing necessity in dense cities
quality of life vs economic accessibility
community design mitigating spatial constraints

Pitfalls the model essay avoids

Listing problems/benefits without linking them to the development (disconnected examples)
Oversimplifying causation (e.g., 'small spaces = depression' without evidence or nuance)
Ignoring context: affordability trade-offs, choice, and demographic factors

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