The line graph illustrates three significant factors including the increasing cost of living, traffic, and lifestyle that motivated people to move from a particular capital city to the rural area between 1990 and 2010. Overall, it is notable that, during the 20-year period, the rising cost of living was the main reason that made the capital city unattractive for a large number of people. Traffic problems and lifestyle choices showed a similar trend seeing that both of the factors increasingly played a role people’s decision to relocate over the time.
According to the graph, the number of people affected by the rising cost of living was almost 70,000 in 1990. After a decade, the figure reached its peak at over 80,000 people, highlighting the factor’s dominance. However, the increasing cost of living had seen a slight decrease, dropping to only 80,000, by the end of 2010.
Despite both experiencing a gradually increase, traffic issues was a stronger reason than lifestyle preferences that pushed people to migrate from the metropolis. Lifestyle preferences started at 20,000 in 1990 and showed a constant upward trend to 40,000 in 2010. Similarly, traffic problems also began with only 20,000 people 9 in 1990 and increased sharply to 60,000 people in 2010, accounting for 20,000 people more than ways of living factor.