The line chart demonstrates the key features why people relocated from capital cities to rural areas. The three major factors identified are the rising cost of living, traffic congestion, and lifestyle preferences.
In 1990, 2000 people left a particular capital city because of the rising cost of living. From 1990 to 2000 the number of people relocated for this reason grew steadily. The highest number of people who left the city due to rising living costs was recorded in 2000. From 2000 to 2010 the sum of residents declined moderately to 80 000.
Traffic was another major factor, with its influence peaking mid-period before stabilizing. By the year 1990, 20000 individuals had left the city due to the increase of vehicles. From 2010 the number of people started to rise sharply and by the year 2010, 6000 people moved to rural areas.
The last key reason was lifestyle preferences which demonstrated a gradual but consistent upward trend and the number of people relocated from cities to countryside by the year 2010 was respectively 40 000.
To summarize the features, from 1990 to 2010 the most important reason was rising cost of living. Each year, the number of people displaced for this reason significantly exceeded others. As for traffic and lifestyle, both of these reasons were almost equally important until 2010, however, since 2010, traffic has become a bigger concern for more people than lifestyle.