Traditional House or in a Modern Apartment

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Would you prefer to live in a traditional house or in a modern apartment building? Use specific reasons

and details to support your choice.

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I would like to live in a traditional house rather than a modern apartment building because of followingreasons:(Don't repeat the theme of the topic.)

First of all,I have risen up HAVING BEEN RAISED in a traditional house with my parents, it makes me

feel comfortable to continue living in the same kind of house.

After all, those houseS are cheap in price, and people around are USUALLY acquainted (familiar) and

familiar.

Most of my familY MEMBERS live WITHin A small DISTANCE OF ME, so I would like to stay nearby, and

stay in touch with them.

The second reason WHY I WOULD PROBABLY choose to live in a traditional house, is that most of

THESE HOUSES have yards.

I would like TO build a small garden with flowers in the yard of my traditional house, which is almost AN

impossibILITY TO DO in THE YARD OF AN APARTMENT BUILDING.

I COULD grow grapevines, apple trees, and so forth.

I can talk with my nice neighbors while I am watering the green plants, AND I can always come out and

lie down oON THE GRASS in the night, and watch the stars.

The third reason is that people WHO LIVE IN traditional houses are so nice and USUALLY MUCH kindER

than those people who live in the cities. The people in the cities are always busy with their jobs, they are

always tired, and (moreover) they are always in A rush, so there is LITTLE time to GET TO know each

other BETTER.

Last but not the least, there is no need to be worrIED about making aN OCCASIONAL loud noise. I thinkin an apartment you are too restricted to do something noisy.

In traditional houses, your neighbors may never knock ON your door and ask you to turn the TV down.

But, if you live in an apartment, you need to be quiet, because one of your neighbors COULD WELL BE

tired and MAY want to sleep early.

Taking all the above mentioned into account, I would like to live in a traditional house, because most of

my family members are living in these kinds of houses. People WHO LIVE IN these houses are nice. You

can raise plantS in your small garden. Children could play games in the yard, and finally these houses are

toO WELL CONSTRUCTED THAT THE OCCASIONAL noisY activities WOULD NOT BOTHER your

neighbors.

A traditional house vs. a modern apartment

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Finding a comfortable place to live is dreams of many people, thus, whether choosing to live in a modern

apartment or a traditional house, becomes a popular topic. To choose one between the two is a matter of

balancing its pros and cons. As far as I am concerned, it is more advisable to choose living in a modern

apartment than living in a traditional house.

The most persuasive point is that modern apartment is generally in much better shape than house. Being

new probably means all the pumping works, the roof is not going to leak, the windows are properly
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sealed, and the kitchen appliances are in working order. A traditional house cannot guarantee any of that.

I illustrate the example just in an attempt to state one fact that modern apartments have better living

conditions than house.

This is only one part of my opinion, another aspect of my reason lies in the fact that modern apartment is

safer than traditional house. There are cameras in both hall way and elevators, the security system is well

equipped, you do not need to have the concern that if one day somebody may break into your house. Incontrast, the traditional houses do not have this advantage. If you read the local newspaper you will find

that there is not a single stealing case happening in apartments, but many occur in houses.

Furthermore, if you live in an apartment, you can expect high standard of living by just spending small

amount of money. Most apartments have exercise facilities, for example, swimming pool, running

machine, tennis field or even basketball field. Image how much money one will spend if he builds all these

in his backyard. Admittedly, traditional house also has its advantages; one extreme manifestation of its

advantage is that one can have much larger rooms in a house than in the apartment.

If all the factors are contemplated, I think I would prefer to live in a modern apartment, in that I do not

need to repair my room, I do not need to worry about the safety of my possession, and I can exercise

more conveniently.

Traditional Vs Modern Houses

Topic 144: Would you prefer to live in a traditional house or in a modern apartment building? Use specific

reasons and details to support your choice. |Score & Analysis

Living in a traditional house means keeping one away from the modern facilities. To make ones life

better and easier one should prefer living in a modern apartment building. Although living in a traditional

house may show oneslove to the traditional culture and customs, it is not reliable and convenient for

him.

Converting traditional house to a modern one is what we have achieved through our knowledge. The

scientific achievements we have got till now are for our benefit and welfare. If we do not use those

techniques we achieved so far, we will go back to the Stone Age. So modern apartments are morecomfortable than traditional houses.

We are on twenty-first century so we should comply with it. We cannot imagine our lives without modern

facilities. Researches are going on to improve our life styles. New technologies are applied on the modern

apartment for better living.

At last, modern apartment provides not only modern facil ities but also ones complete needs. Hence I

prefer to live in a modern apartment building rather than to live in a traditional house. It is the need of

almost every person to live in a modern house. People all over the world are trying to change their

traditional houses into modern apartment buildings. Thus it is not only a personal need and desire but

also a global need and global desire.

Ahouseis a home,building,orstructure that functions as a habitat forhumans or other

creatures.[1][2] The termhouseincludes many kinds of dwellings ranging from rudimentary huts

ofnomadic tribes to complex structures composed of many systems.[3][4]English-speaking people

generally call any building they routinely occupy "home".

The social unit that lives in a house is known as a household.Most commonly, a household is

afamily unit of some kind, although households may also be othersocial groups or individuals.

Technology and privacy[edit]
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The introduction oftechnology and electronic systems within the house has questioned the impressions

of privacy as well as the segregation of work fromhome.Technological advances of

surveillance andcommunications allow insight of personal habits and private lives.[7]As a result, the

"private becomes ever more public, [and] the desire for a protective home life increases, fuelled by the

very media that undermine it" writesHill.[7] Work also, has been altered due to the increase of

communications. The "deluge of information",[7] has expressed the efforts of work, conveniently gaining

access inside the house. Although commuting is reduced, "the desire to separate working and living

remains apparent."[7] InJonathan Hill's bookImmature Architecture, he identifies this new invasion of

privacy asElectromagnetic Weather. Natural or man-madeweather remains concurrent inside or outside

the house, yet the electromagnetic weather is able to generate within both positions.[7][clarification

needed]On the other hand, some architects have designed homes in which eating, working and living are

brought together.

Energy efficiency[edit]

In the developed world,energy-conservation has grown in importance in house-design. Housing

produces a major proportion ofcarbon emissions (30% of the total in the UK,for example).[15]

Development of a number oflow-energy building types and techniques continues. They include thezero-

energy house,thepassive solar house,theautonomous buildings,thesuperinsulated and houses built to

thePassivhaus standard.

Earthquake protection[edit]

One tool ofearthquake engineering isbase isolation which is increasingly used

forearthquake protection.Base isolation is a collection of structural elements of abuilding that should

substantiallydecouple it from the shaking ground thus protecting the building's integrity[16] and

enhancing itsseismic performance.This technology, which is a kind of seismic vibration control,can be

applied both to a newly designed building and to seismic upgrading of existing structures.[17]

Normally, excavations are made around the building and the building is separated from the foundations.

Steel orreinforced concrete beams replace the connections to the foundations, while under these, the

isolating pads, orbase isolators, replace the material removed. While thebase isolation tends to restrict

transmission of the ground motion to the building, it also keeps the building positioned properly over the

foundation. Careful attention to detail is required where the building interfaces with the ground, especiallyat entrances, stairways and ramps, to ensure sufficientrelative motion of those structural elements.

Both traditional house and modern apartment buildings boast different characteristics. Onesof the traditional house is a local way of life, but ones of the modern apartment is a new

lifestyle. I prefer the second choice.

If you stay in the traditional house, you have to live a frugal and economical life. Many elderpeople who stay in this house always do not have luxurious things such as car and

diamond. They do not spend a lot of money buying them, but purchase basic necessitieslike food, medicine and shelter. When entering this kind of house, you will see many things

old covered with dust. To illustrate, my grandfather aged 88 years old live in a dark and oldhouse in my hometown. He does not want me to buy any modern things. He lives an ascetic

life with his dog, relaxing himself in an orchard in the afternoon and catching fish in a canalbefore dinner.

However, if you choose to live in a modern apartment, you have to live a luxurious and

comfortable life. In this house, there are many electrical appliances such as refrigerator,television and radio which you cannot have if staying in the traditional house. Moreover, you

have to other tools such as computers and play stations which are a way of entertainment
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for people living in a city.

For me, if I decide to stay in the modern apartment, i can to adapt to fast-changing

environments of a global society. I always have many peers who always go to visit meduring the holiday; therefore, I really need a house to accommodate and make them happy.

Moreover, during the university life, I want a house which has computers, a wireless internetand television to keep abreast with the current situation around the world.

In conclusion, there are many benefits that the two houses provide. It depends on the life

purpose. As a student, i really want to have the modern house to expose myself to theworld's present situations with which I have to encounter.

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