The graph compares the motives people had for changing their living-place (in numbers) from a capital city to the countryside, starting from 1990 until 2010. It can be clearly seen that the rising cost of living was the main concern over these years, while traffic and lifestyle were respectively the second and third reasons for the decision to make the move.
Approximately 65000 respondents chose the increasing cost of living as their main reason in 1990, and the number of those people experienced an upward trend up until 2000, reaching a peak of 85000. In this period, the rising of living costs maintained its dominance over the two other options, having around 3 or 4 times compared to them. But it underwent a gradual decline in the period of 2000 to 2010, reaching just around 80000 people.
On the other hand, traffic as the main cause increased sharply in that period; and lifestyle continued its rise with the same tone. However, in spite of their constant growth, they weren’t able to come close to living costs figures in 2010, where lifestyle was still half, and traffic amounted to 75% of the number of people whose main issue in the city was living costs. As is presented throughout the whole timeframe, living costs continued to be the first and foremost trouble for those who moved.