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Meanings of migration into cities in English

The migration from the countryside to the city in the search of better conditions of life.

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Examples for "rural exodus"
Examples for "rural exodus"
1
He spoke of the rural exodus and shook his head mournfully.
The Roadmender
2
We will hear little then of the rural exodus.
The National Being: Some Thoughts on an Irish Polity
3
There the rural exodus has been more than arrested.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
4
Our rural exodus continued without any Moses to lead us to Jerusalems of our own.
The National Being: Some Thoughts on an Irish Polity
5
The rural exodus is an alarming and very real danger to the welfare of social England.
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