Migration in Serbia from the village to the city

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The accelerated way of life of the twenty-first century, the development of technology, the development of the information technology sector, initiated the rise of migration from the countryside to the city. The village used to be a source of income, but also of stability. As the entire agricultural activity today is focused exclusively on the market, and not on the nutrition of the family and the maintenance of the rural household, the logical sequence of events is what is happening. Young people from the countryside often go to the cities for schooling, studies, work, and rarely do any of them really want to return to their homeland. Due to that, villages are dying out, and cities are becoming more and more multicultural, that some of them present it as a problem. What are the reasons for migration from the village to the city and whether it is possible to prevent the outflow of the rural population and preserve the village in its original form, many are still wondering.

In search of education

Many young people in Serbia believe that staying in the countryside would mean sealing their destiny to engage in agriculture. That is why the majority decides to go to the city, if there are conditions for that, longing to get away from the village and start life in a somewhat more urban environment. There are also those examples where young people from the countryside go to school in the field of agriculture, forestry or even tourism, so they place their knowledge again in the countryside. These examples are rarer, but they are certainly commendable. There are a large number of those who left the village during the previous decades, and then stayed in the cities. That is why the whole of Serbia can be considered rural, because it is considered a civil society only if the ancestors are more than 3 generations back in the city. Either way, there is nothing wrong with leaving the village for education. Also, it is even less bad to implement the acquired knowledge in your homeland, in order to regain awareness of the importance of the village.

Examples of good practice

It is rare, but it still happens, that young people who go to school in the city, hurry back to the village. Thanks to professors, medical workers, foresters, agricultural engineers, the village has not yet been extinguished as a category. The problem of centralization is the biggest problem, so smaller places are dying out, while the capital and larger cities are expanding unnecessarily. The number of those who are often forced to move, change apartments and do not have a permanent place of residence has increased. The experiences of those who deal with relocations show that most of those who move within the city move from place to place. Relocations to Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, are frequent, and companies for relocation services say that there are those who, despite everything, move from the city to the rural area. Relocations within the city and from the village to the city are, of course, much more frequent. Examples of good practice show that individuals decide to leave the city in order to dedicate themselves to some agricultural activity, craft, growing organic food, and life without city noise, traffic jams and the like. Maybe we should all learn from them?

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Daily migrations

The number of those who come to the city only for work, in order to return to the countryside after working hours, cannot be determined with certainty. With the opening of factories on the territory of the whole of Serbia, there are more and more people who travel to the city for work. Or at least in the suburbs. It seems that there are a lot of such people, because the intensity of traffic on those routes is increased at the very beginning and end of the working day. It is not easy to harmonize work obligations with work in the field or in the backyard, but estimates show that there are many who combine the charms and benefits of the village with city life. Undifferentiated differences between the village and the city testify that the new age has led to the softening of borders and that the mixing of the population of rural and urban areas has become something that is no longer observed phenomenologically but absolutely logically.

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4 years ago

The situation is reversed with me ... I grew up in the city, but after finishing my schooling, we moved to the countryside. Believe me, I will never return to the city if I don't have to. I understand the need for people to live in the city, for work, school, etc ... I still like my village more.

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4 years ago

In the Philippines, everyone who lives in the province wanted to work in Metro Manila. We have this provincial rate and Manila rate and that's why everyone flocking to city because they want a better salary. But for you to live in Manila the accommodation cost you more and the air pollution is really bad. So better stay in the province, have a healthy life and still get a decent amount of money. But I didn't do that myself so I understand those who still trying their luck.

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4 years ago

its so logic, in city you can find job for same money and much less work

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4 years ago

my village is 35 kilometers away from the city, there are no shops, no transportation, there are no living conditions for anyone to live there.

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4 years ago

This has been a trend in every country but we miss our village life so much

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4 years ago

this is happening in every country but we are always missing village life.. it was so serene !

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4 years ago

Especially everyone is missing in the event of the Covid 19 pandemic! When we all go to nature and get away from a large number of people!

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4 years ago

I love living in a small town. Everything is close to me, the river, the forest, the bank, the school, the theater, the shop!

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4 years ago

I don't like big cities either, I like smaller environments!

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4 years ago

I dont know, for me village is a village, and I grow up on same. Lot of good memories and quality food

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4 years ago

Well done! I totally agree with you!

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4 years ago

I couldn’t live in a big city. Here I can buy milk, clothes or a hammer without a car. In larger cities, you have to drive to the other end of town if you want to go to a pharmacy, for example. I’m used to having everything nearby.

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4 years ago

And I also! I had the opportunity to live in a big city, fortunately it was a short period in my life ... I would never come back ...

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4 years ago

it's true when i go to ljubljana i am nervous you need 1 hour from store to store

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4 years ago

I would move to the village if I had something to live on there :)

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4 years ago

If you have land or a house ... then try it. A lot of people here say he has a house but it’s empty. I love watching videos from a girl who makes a living from farming. She lived in a big city and when she heard that young people think rice grows on a tree, she returned home and started filming a day on the farm. Imagine a Chinese man doesn't know where rice grows.maybe write an article about it https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoC47do520os_4DBMEFGg4A

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4 years ago

Thank you dear a lot! I'm watching a video on ytb right now.

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4 years ago

I would also like to move to the village ... I just need to start with something ...

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