my social essay

Shanty Housing in Capital City

Everyone needs house to protect them from dangerous in outside such as dust, rain, heat or animals. House is very important thing in our life so it is a premier need. Today you can see house in anywhere city or village, especially in Capital city such as Jakarta, many people choose to live there because they think  they will get jobs easily.  They think live in Jakarta is advantages but actually is not always true.  Because of many people live there, Jakarta is too crowded, people who have not much money must stay in shanty housing. In that housing, they stay in small, bad, dirty and unhygienic house as the result it cause illness and problem of social inequality.

There are many shabby and shanty housing in the capital city because many people live there but they have not much money to buy or rent a good house so they decide to stay in shanty housing which is cheaper than a good housing. Although the shanty house is small, bad, dirty and unhygienic place, some people choose to stay there because they insist to live in a capital city while they have not much money. Actually living in the shanty house is bad for anyone because someone who lives there do not get clean water and hygiene place. If people stay in a long term, it can cause illness such as diarrhea, TBC, leprosy and many more.

The next disadvantages of the shanty housing cause problem of social inequality. Some of people in a city live in elite and luxury housing but on the other hands another people still live in shanty housing. There are big gaps between rich family and poor family. So it causes problem of social inequality such as robbery, thievery, abduction, rape and so on. That case occur because financial problems for the example:  Someone who stay in capital city because he want to get job easily but he does not have any skill, of course he will hardly get it, and then because he desperate economic problems he decides to do a simple way that is criminal things such as robbery or thievery as his job. As a result shanty and shabby housing can also increase criminal rate in a city.     

In conclusion people need house to protect them so they must live in a house. Some people insist to stay in a capital city whereas they have not much money so they are willing to live in shanty housing. Although actually the shanty housing  gives them disadvantages such as illness and problem of social inequality. So that they must aware stay in shanty and shabby housing is not good for them, I think they should leave the capital city and back to their hometown then built a good and comfortable house there.