Young people are leaving their homes from rural areas to study or work in the cities. What are the reasons? Do advantages of this development outweigh its disadvantages?

The youth
is largely migrating
Suggestion
has largely migrated
from small towns to
metropolies
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
metropolis
looking for education as well employment opportunities, since rural regions are suffering with poor infrastructure and lack of businesses. From my perspective. Personally, the drawback of
this
trend
overcome
Suggestion
overcomes
the benefits. The
first
motivation for the new generation leaving their hometowns is having
an
Suggestion
a
university diploma, as most cities in the countryside only offer
high-school
a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12
highschool
degrees,
therefore
, most young adults move to urban areas to have a higher qualification.
For instance
, demographic studies have shown that immigration rates among recently graduated students is higher than among other citizens, commonly to enrol in a college.
Secondly
, several companies are moving to either larger cities or developing countries, which leads to a drastic reduction of job opportunities to the population, as a consequence, young people are forced to look for positions in other regions.
This
migration behaviour is detrimental to villages and small towns, because it decreases public funds to be invested by the government, due to the decreasing number of
tax payers
someone who pays taxes
taxpayers
, which include citizens and companies,
consequently
negativelly
in a harmful manner
negatively
affecting the public budget of education, health care, and security.
Moreover
, metropolitan cities tend to become overpopulated thanks to the massive rural migration,
consequently
causing problems as
polution
undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities
pollution
, traffic, and high
realstate
Suggestion
real state
prices.
For example
, Vancouver had a 500% increased in housing prices from 2013 to 2018, due to the high demand of movers. To conclude, the youth's interest of moving to
metropolies
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
metropolises
as caused by the lack of opportunities of high-level education and companies. From my perspective, not only does
this
trend is negative for small towns, but
also
for
metropolies
Suggestion
the metropolis
metropolis
.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Migration
  • Urbanization
  • Educational institutions
  • Job prospects
  • Wages
  • Economic growth
  • Cultural exchange
  • Overpopulation
  • Cost of living
  • Rural depopulation
  • Social isolation
  • Traditional values
  • Personal growth
  • Recreational activities
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