There is a recent trend amongst citizens to leave the rural settlements and migrate to urban metropolitan cities. However, there can be far-reaching implications of this trend affecting the overall social structure. This essay will discuss various aspects, both positive and negative, of these recent migratory trends.
Initially, we must look at the driving factor behind this shift from rural to urban. While, the most common reason for people moving to cities is in search of better employment opportunities, the city’s lifestyle, the infrastructure, pop culture, night life can also be some contributors towards this recent trend. Urban metros often boast of high-quality healthcare and education.
Most recently, a childhood friend of mine wanted emergency medical care for his wife, but he could not find any advanced medication in his village and had to rush to a nearby metro to get his wife treated. Soon after this, he sold his ancestral house and moved to a nearby metropolis. Urban centres are often more planned and organised boasting of rapid and efficient public transport, thereby improving the people’s quality of life.
The negative aspects of large migration to urban cities cannot be undermined, as there have been recent studies that suggest excessive exodus to cities is leading to crippling of the city infrastructure. This is causing most cities to be overburdened and thereby rendering them useless and inefficient. Also, it is a dangerous trend if most of the people living in the countryside migrate, then the social and cultural balance will get disturbed.
In conclusion, I believe that there must be a multi-pronged approach to this resettlement trend, ensuring adequate development of rural towns and devising ways to discourage people from mass migrating voluntarily or limiting such movements by force if necessary. This is key to ensure that there is social and cultural harmony and the balance in the civil society is maintained.