Some people think that the best way to reduce the time spent in travelling to work is to replace parks and gardens close to the city center with apartment buildings for commuters.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?
Cities have already been regarded as the ‘concrete jungles’ due to lesser greener spaces. Further wiping out the locality parks and lawns to provide living space to the working people in order to reduce their travel time would perhaps benefit people. However, I do not agree with this statement due to notable reasons.
The idea of clearing gardens and parks from the cities will be less helpful but pose more danger to the inhabitants as a whole. Firstly, a locality with just bricks and walls everywhere, but no lush greenery around, renders it lifeless and apathetic. Also, parks have a direct impact on the health of the inhabitants since these are not only the places covered with turf and trees but also the places to improve their lungs for many people, better places to walk and perform yoga for others, playgrounds for children, better places for artists to work and finally preferred places to spend leisure time.
Furthermore, when it comes to the practical aspects of this situation it has many drawbacks linked to it as well. Such as the more housing apartments in the city are, the more inflation can be. This ultimately makes it difficult for people to buy houses. Moreover, it will increase the congestion in the cities which further cause pollution and makes the place unfit for living. Diseases like bronchitis and asthma are already quite common in urban areas, however, more congestion will further aggravate these diseases.
In my opinion, rather than replacing parks and gardens with buildings, finer transportation facilities are a good solution to reduce the travel time of commuters.
