The response addresses both sides and maintains a clear position that the disadvantages outweigh the advantages. Relevant explanations support the main ideas, although the comparative weighting and the self-sufficiency claim could be developed more explicitly.
8.0Ideas progress logically across well-managed paragraphs with a wide range of cohesive devices used naturally, including clear referencing and effective conclusions.
8.0Vocabulary is flexible and precise, with natural use of less common items such as 'allotments', 'forge stronger community bonds', and 'far-reaching drawbacks', with only rare minor imprecision.
8.0A wide range of structures is used accurately, including concessive clauses, relative clauses and participial constructions. Complex sentences are generally well controlled, and there are no conspicuous grammatical errors.
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