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TOPIC: In some countries, small town-centre shops are going out of business because people tend to drive to large out-of-town stores. As a result, people without cars have limited access to out-of town stores, and it may result in an increase in the use of cars. Do you think the disadvantages of this change outweigh its advantages?

In many countries all over the world, the trend of costumers prefer to go shopping in large stores based on the outskirts rather than small shops in the city center has lead to the closure of many of those small business. Consequently, not only car usage in those places will increase but also the accessibility to stores for those without cars will be limited. Personally, I think this development does more harm than good.

To begin with, this change in people’s shopping habit may benefit local people in some ways. For example, they no longer have to visit multiple stores to look for the item they want. Instead, they can just purchase everything from a single big store, which is extremely convenient. Additionally, large out-of-town store usually offer a lot of promotions and special discounts, from which the costumers can get advantage.

However, those positive impacts is considered to be insignificant, compared to the disadvantages arising from this tendency. The disappearing of small town-centre shops has put local people in a situation, where they have to travel a longer distance in order to do their shopping, which means they have to waste more time on traveling than before. Furthermore, the increasing demand for long distance travel will also make traffic congestion become worse due to the high volume of vehicles on the streets. Moreover, the more cars are used, the more polluted the air become, which heightens pollution level in those areas and adversely affects human health.

In conclusion, although having large stores based on the outskirts a town has brought certain benefit for local people, I strongly believe that the drawbacks are of greater significance.