The migration from the countryside to the city in the search of better conditions of life.
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He spoke of the rural exodus and shook his head mournfully.
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We will hear little then of the rural exodus.
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There the rural exodus has been more than arrested.
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Our rural exodus continued without any Moses to lead us to Jerusalems of our own.
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The rural exodus is an alarming and very real danger to the welfare of social England.
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Next century a rural exodus began, owing to the practice of enclosing the holdings and turning them into sheep walks.
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This measure was not conceived in the spirit of modern political economy, but it had the effect of staying the rural exodus.
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Disputes over inheritance and periods of drought or heavy rain, which can cause the houses to collapse, also contributed to the rural exodus.
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Still they are near enough for practical purposes, and they amply justify the efforts of those who are trying to stay the rural exodus.
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Colombia's construction boom and $24 billion highway building program are soaking up labor on top of a steady rural exodus shifting workers to cities.