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Most studies show that the members of rural communities who are most likely to migrate to urban centers are those who have been to school. The studies seem to show a consistent positive correlation between an individual's level of education his propensity to migrate. REASONS (1) The income gap between what the 'educated' ones can earn in urban areas compared with their rural opportunity cost is larger than it is for the illiterate ones.(2) The educated ones are more likely to obtain a lucrative modern sector job. But because jobs are scarce,a large proportion of those who migrate often remain unemployed.

when people from provinces go to the city they expect that they will land on a high paying job immediately but that may be the case living expenses here on the city are so expensive as well so it’s not an easy life in the city and the expectations that people in the city are living the dream is not exactly true we’re all also trying to make ends meet

Urban migration can be for different reasons, but yes economic reasons are the highest since rural people believes that their counter parties in the city are earning better income and have good quality life compared to them in the villages, between to some extent that way of thinking have shifted the individual from the global statistics that shows that those in the rural areas have better off everything, since the get almost 30% things free from nature, if there is security, the world is a global village and regardless of the individual education level it's still ball down to their personality and what and where their want to be.


The urban migration is now a thing of old, since majority of us already know how expensive it is in the city with bills and unavailability of employment, which make individuals to start thinking onwards.

It's not always like that.

Depends on the person and their goal, if they want to work under someone, moving to urban area is better.

If they want to run a small business/seller any option is fine, as long as there's a demand with the product/service they want to sell. Many graduate degree either bachelor or master back to their home town in rural area, they choose to be a farmer, there's nothing wrong as long as it's high prospect.

Most graduate degree nowadays only want to be "cool" hence they always looking for working in big company.

I guess you are referring to certain country or countries. Which countries are you referring to? I noticed that you have posted under Nigeria local board recently, I guess you are referring to Nigeria. Know that not all countries are like Nigeria that has high unemployment rate. Many countries, especially in Europe have high employment rate.

This is about increasing opportunities for more decent work and maximum income. However, migrating to a big city requires more preparation than anything else, because at the same time you decide to migrate to a city with the aim of trying your luck for a better economy, there are thousands of people doing the same thing. So the level of competition is getting tougher and many migrants are eliminated and return to their hometowns. Big cities do have opportunities to improve the economy, but they come with challenges.

If you already have a profitable business or skills in the village, there is no need of migrating to the city where the cost of living is very high. Anyone going to the city to search for a job should accept to whatever kind of job that he sees first, before looking for that of his qualification. Otherwise, you will not be able to cope and go back to the village.

This is why learning a skill is useful because you can easily see a job of your field in the city compared to the rural area. I just migrated from a low standard area to a big city and I must confess that I am spending more compared to when I was in my former area. However, the chance of having good opportunities in the city is higher than in the village.

The expenses with those that live in the city is directly proportional to the amount they may likely earn, sometimes this earnings allows you to save more and you will meet up with your financial demands, and for the fact that you are in the city, there is likelihood that you will be prone to better job opportunities than the province, and that is where people say they've been able to meet their dream jobs which allows them to earn higher. So sometimes a move to the urban area it's sometimes a move that will shift your economic balance to a better position because your ousting for a greener pasture.

That's the reality. I once ventured out of my home to the city to find work, and yes, I managed to survive in the city with the job I found. The point is, life in the city is indeed tough. If we aren't disciplined, we can be drawn into things that can make things difficult for us, such as lifestyle. Most people increasingly prioritize lifestyle once they're in the city. The high cost of living makes us realize how harsh the world is.

It's not a lie; the scarcity of employment is a reality, whether in the village or the city. So it's not surprising that even those who go to the city can't find decent work or may even be unemployed.

Education brings a level of exposure, so it is understandable for someone who is very educated and exposed not to want to remain in a rural setting where they know that they are more exposed than the people around them.

There are still numerous opportunities in the rural settlements, sometimes even more than the opportunities in the urban settlements. If you are business oriented, for instance, an agricultural business can flourish largely in a rural setting more than in an urban setting, so if you're an educated individual, and maybe your only intention for moving to the city is for the sake of seeking a job or better financial opportunities, there are financial opportunities sitting all around you in rural areas that are blessed abundantly with vast available land for farming, even commercially. So that money intended to go make in the urban areas, you can actually be in the rural area and make lots more.

If you are job-oriented, then rural to urban migration is understandable for you.

It would really help if you actually included facts and references instead of assumptions. Especially on point 2 you seem to contradict yourself. In many rural settings there are few jobs for the younger generations, especially if there is a lot of them, so they have little choice - often the jobs will be more manual & labor intensive which might not suit everyone, plus the wages get suppressed. Someone that is willing to relocate opens up a lot more opportunities, especially when moving to an urban environment with qualifications. You will always have to prove your worth to an employer but competition for jobs does not seem any more difficult now when compared the past decades.

There are factors that is responsible for this one of which is the issue of lack of opportunity in rural communities compared to the urban ones. as an educated person that is skilled at a craft, you believe with me that your location also plays a crucial role regarding how well you can earn from your craft. even if your skill gives you the leverage of working from home, the lack of power supply in most villages and other basic amenities all combine to make it more difficult to be productive in rural areas compared to urban areas.

In my country there are no clear statistics considering that many rural residents who decide to go abroad to find work as migrant workers are more likely to be those without higher education. Conversely, people who migrate to cities in search of better jobs due to access to higher education generally do not show significant statistics. In my area, there are even farmers who are college graduates because they have difficulty finding decent work due to their love of the knowledge they gained at university, so farming or gardening is the only way to survive.

If people are able to develop their skills in the agricultural and plantation sectors, they also have the opportunity to achieve a better life. We're not talking about jobs that rely solely on white-collar jobs and sitting in an office agricultural and plantation resources can also lead to financial success if managed properly and made more progressive..

This isn't just the general purpose of migration but there are other ones like traders. People that are into business migrate from rural areas to urban. There is this particular tribe from my country, they called them IGBO, this people don't really give much attention to education, there foundation has always been about trades, out of 10 popular European countries that you know, you will find a male and female egbo person there and whne you check there lifestyle, they are trade based individuals with common goals.

People that are educated that migrate from rural areas to urban places are mostly people that are looking for careers opportunity. If you are from are a rural area and you study accounting, there is no future for you staying in the village if you have the plan to use that certificate for your career. You have to go to the urban/city where that job is very need of your service, you can't be an public admin and want to stay in a rural area, your career might just die.

I think this is correct to a very large extent, at least that is the case in my local community. People who are uneducated and live in the rural areas are usually contented with the slow, peaceful and pastoral life there, and they would rather not want to leave it for anything.

There is something education does to the mentality, so people who grew in rural areas and were privileged to be educated in the university, take on big dreams and in order to achieve that they have to migrate to the big cities where opportunities are rife. It is a normal phenomenon. Another reason people migrate is to expand their business, but that is for those who dream big and desire to make it big in the business world.

The goal is to boost the economy and urban areas are often perceived as better equipped to do so than rural areas. Cities are centers of diverse employment and industrial opportunities but migrating to urban areas is not easy, one must face significant challenges, including the high cost of living and fierce competition for jobs. In such an environment, possessing an educational degree alone is often not enough—practical skills and experience are also crucial. As a result many workers ultimately choose to return to rural areas, where they may find a simpler and more sustainable life as farmers.

Sad thing is, we do not actually need to be a world that is so stuck to certain areas.

If you look at each nation, and I mean like literally all of them, you could realize that most populated areas are populated because of bad planning.

If nations just prevented more than three stories everywhere, nothing more than three stories with exception of some few buildings that are essentially required, then we could have nations that are spread a lot more than how we can populations concentrated only at certain areas like near to metro or bus terminal or industry areas.

All those places like New York, London, Tokyo, Delhi, Cairo and wherever else, could have been a lot less populated, and buildings could have been more spread, and then we wouldn't have rural vs urban.

There is absolutely zero need for a populated area in anywhere, with proper transportation, we all could own our houses for so cheap, and be spread more to whole nation instead of few cities.

One of the reasons why people move to cities is in search of employment. At the same time, people also move to cities in the hope of getting higher education. People in villages can be educated up to a certain level because there is no opportunity to pursue higher education in villages. Later, when a person gets higher education, he cannot return to the village for employment. There are no such jobs for highly educated people in villages. As a result, he finds a job in the city. And they want to realize the reality and leave a place for their children in the city for their future. But later, when he retires from his job, he wants to return to the village. People mainly move to cities for employment.

That's the mistake by government, not anyone else.

Think as a person who live in rural area, you will love to move to urban area, either to satisfy your desire or seeking better job.

Think as an investor/businessman, you won't invest your money in rural area because it's lack of customers, rural area only good for certain businesses.

Before someone can agree and decides to leave their locality be it a rural area to an urban area or even from an urban locality to another urban environment, it means the person has some very important reasons for doing so, it could be that they are going there for studies, for a work or skill project or just to go and explore to see if there is a better opportunities there than their rural areas that he or she have been dwelling since birth. For example, there was a time I traveled out to another urban city for a skill acquisition program that was sponsored by a company that is operational in my place. The facility to acquire the skill is not in my place, so they sponsored it that we traveled to another city for it. The cases can be different for what makes people travel out to a different place.

Off course it's natural that people move from rural areas to urban with the current economic state of the world especially in developing countries because people believe that there is better live opportunities in the urban areas this has become a problem in the world because there is a mass movement of people moving from the rural areas to the urban area.



Government should decentralized development from the urban to the rural areas so that people will not move from rural areas to the big cities because the issue of over population is now a big issue that is fast becoming a global crisis

Only in Africa the citizens are still having this problem of solving unemployment rates, a lot of population but fewer employment, it takes only those that are highly connected to land a job in Africa, those that are uneducated are seriously crafty in handwork making earnings out of it. There are available jobs in Europe, USA, and UK more in Africa, infact, workers in these places work hourly making leaving seems easy.

Educated people living in rural areas likes to migrate to urban areas because of the job opportunities and a better life in the urban area. It's a known fact that there are better job opportunities in the urban area, its also a known fact that the urban area has more population,  which limits job opportunities. That's why most people that migrate still find it hard to get a job.
I still think it's better to migrate to urban area and you will definitely get a better job opportunities,  which is why people still migrate.

In my country both the educated and uneducated are leaving the rural area for cities. The main reason, as you said, is the lack of employment opportunities in the rural areas. These illiterates will gradually learn how to speak the official language, and within a few years, they will be used to Urban life. Many uneducated people migrate to big cities in̈ the US and still survive.

But other factors contribute to the high level of rural-urban drift in my country. Poor infrastructure, insecurity, and environmental concerns are forcing them to move where they can get a better life. Some rural areas don't have electricity, good roads, water, or other amenities. Some places are facing a high rate of criminal activity. Flooding is also a major challenge in rural areas in my location.

This problem persists in many countries regardless of whether they are developing or developed because opportunities are always in big cities where things are much more easily manageable and big companies are doing their business which is having better chances of good earning and increasing skills.
Rural areas are always limited by a lack of sources and chances of development due to many reasons that are surely understandable for people who have experience of living in these areas and have migrated for their better future fewer people are still doing as they have their own way of life and they never thought about things that carry them away from big cities to pursue a better future.
Ending this migration is surely not possible because there is no motivation for anyone to stay back and waste his skills. People love to stay in touch with each other.

That's true, but job opportunities in urban areas are much more competitive, and I think those who dare to immigrate to urban areas are more resilient in the face of competition. Rural people have a greater determination to change their lives for the better, which ultimately breaks the cycle of poverty. Many rural people pursue education in urban areas, but after graduation, they are reluctant to return and prefer to seek permanent employment there. However, the fact is that not everyone succeeds in becoming successful people in the sense of achieving financial freedom.

Easier access to education, healthcare, and other facilities in urban areas, and the environment is also a reason many people choose to live there. However, today, thanks to technological advances, migration rates may have decreased. Many jobs are also available online, especially in the service sector, although they require specific skills. Some are able to take advantage of opportunities to become influencers on various social media platforms. I think things have changed in this regard.

It's because these people who have learned that there's lack of opportunities in the rural areas need to find it on the urban areas.

And that's why they migrate and they know what career they have to take. Some are only taking risk by doing that because not everyone gets the success from migrating to the urban centers.

Speaking of migrating, there are also international students that know there's more opportunities to them if they avail that program of going to school their desired country which has the path for them to have a working visa and then permanent residency.

Of course, everyone knows that there are a lot of job opportunities in the city and in a developed country. Down here in my country, people are not just moving from rural area to urban area to look for jobs. The ones in the urban areas are traveling overseas to a better country where there are more job opportunities than in my country. It's a norm since people need to plan a better life for their family.

There are various reasons for migration from rural to urban areas. But the most important of these is the financial system. Most of them rush to the city to earn money and eventually migrate to the city. The number of workplaces is more in the city than in the village and the number of purchases and sales for business is more in the city than in the village and the amount of profit is also more, which is part of your income. Some other factors include the modern education system for children, modern medical system and more government facilities that people migrate from the village to the city. Although the expenses are more in the city, you have to consider that your income is also more. A person should not migrate from his usual area without providing a source of income for him.

In some cases, urban-to-rural migration occurs because individuals who are bored with urban life and have a certain level of economic means want to get away from it. There are many reasons for choosing rural life. Both have positive aspects, depending on the individual's preferences.

The most significant factor determining this migration is economics. To achieve their economic goals, some choose rural life, taking up agriculture or animal husbandry. In urban settings, however, employment opportunities are more plentiful.

Because businesses and companies are all in the urban centers, a lot of people migrate in search of employment but it doesn’t always work out because there’s too much people in the urban already. But I guess they like to take the risk in the city instead of staying in their town.
In my country, I am seeing development or progress in the rural areas. There are malls and other establishments getting built there. Even event places.

I am a person in that shoe. I migrated from a rural area to an urban area as soon as I acquired a higher degree. I noticed that my skills were needed more and appreciated more and I end more in the urban area learning the Rural area. In addition to this you are more likely to be exposed to more opportunities and rapid career growth, if you live and work in the urban area.

I still admire those who despite earning the same degree as myself still decide to work in the Rural area. They have their own motivation and life's calling for doing that.

Unfortunately, this is completely normal in any country... it happens because people realize that the higher their level of education, the fewer opportunities and recognition they'll find in urban areas... so they move to cities where there are industries and companies where they can apply what they've learned and also earn more for it than if they stayed in rural areas... the consequence is these "pockets of urban unemployment."

But I think there's room for improvement... first, there needs to be public incentive... something that makes these young people reconsider moving, and then digital technology comes in... perhaps even with cryptocurrencies to try to change this... A well-educated young person can work remotely, provide services online... with Bitcoin and stablecoins, it's even possible to receive salaries or payments from clients anywhere in the world without relying on the local banking infrastructure, which will certainly also be precarious.

Anyway... it depends a lot on the government and the laws in place, but I think it's possible to combine rural areas, quality education, and decentralized technology to reduce the need to abandon the countryside.

Cases like this do happen a lot, including in my environment too and not only with young people but with those who are married, there are also those who go out of the village or even abroad just to work and meet the needs of their families. This may happen because the situation is difficult so they have no choice but to go to the city to look for work and earn money and then support their families, but not a few also fail to migrate, sometimes they are also unemployed because it is difficult to get a job.

Yup, the governments should make arrangements so that the people living in rural areas shouldn't be moving to the urban area, but all the facilities are there for the common man, and he should get all the qualities of life in rural areas too.

Also, both rural and urban areas have their own importance and it will not be good if everyone is willing to relocate from rural to urban areas. Also, Urban areas have other challenges that no one is talking about, like an overcrowding population, pressure on infrastructure of basic necessities like water or electricity, and most importantly, a higher cost of living.

And indeed, it all depends, and not everyone who migrates to urban areas is lucky, except for those who immigrate and find work through insiders, who will certainly get jobs and salaries that are much higher than those who work in rural areas.
However, what we must understand, and in my experience, especially for those who work in urban areas and remain in rural areas, is that they really have to struggle when going to work in the dark and returning in the dark again because of the long distance and other risks involved. Another reason is that if they have to rent a room or boarding house, their expenses will be much higher, as will expenses for food and other necessities. But in the end, their income remains the same as working in the countryside, which ultimately leads them to give up and end up working in the countryside.
So it all depends on the truly fortunate, especially those who have very large salaries that allow them to remain comfortable and still have a significant amount of money left over after paying for boarding and other expenses.

The opportunity to earn a better salary or wages may be the number one reason why most people migrate from rural to urban centres. However, there are different reasons many people leave rural areas to settle in urban centres. The economy is also one of the top reasons why people migrate to urban areas. For some people, the kind of business they do is more marketable in urban centres than in rural areas.I have also seen people who migrate from rural to urban areas just because they want their children to be well-exposed and receive a better education. So, different reasons make people leave underdeveloped areas to settle in more developed places.

People will always find greener pastures as much as they can. That's human nature. So it is understandable that people will find alternatives how to improve their economic status in life.

Similarly, the cost of living in rural areas is low, and if your income is good, living in the city isn't necessary. In my country, for example, rent and living costs are very high in major cities, but in other provinces, housing and basic necessities are very affordable.

If you work remotely or have a pre-existing job in the countryside, it can be a great option. Now, on the contrary, there's a migration from cities to rural areas due to the high cost of living.

They have to because if they won't, their quality of life won't improve. And if there is no livelihood from the rural area that they're living, they will be stuck to the typical life that they've grown up with. These people have dreams to fulfill and reach and that's why they're also going from the areas where the greener pastures can be found. It's normal to have a better life and reach it through the means that you can do even if it means leaving the past of your life in that rural area where your childhood has always been.

This happens because resources and opportunities to earn money in rural areas are very limited, so people try to move to cities to improve their lives.
I often see this because most young people who graduate from high school will leave their hometowns to find work in the city.
There's hope that moving to the city might be more fulfilling, as there are more opportunities to change their fate, although there's no guarantee of greater success.
Several friends my age migrated to the city after completing their education and now have much better jobs. This is the reason most people decide to move to the city rather than stay in the village.

There are types of people who have such kind of dreams, they don't want to have the same path and wanted to change things in their future, those kinds of people will try doing everything to change things up, it's a human nature as mentioned as there are people who likes to explore and find their opportunities to the point that they will leave their own place to expand their opportunities, and having the right types of educations and adds up their intentions to change things if fate allows then surely they'll find success and reached what they wanted to achieved.

Look, most people are leaving the village and moving to the city, thinking that they will have many opportunities there and they will be able to earn a lot of money. But this may not always true because I see many people who were good in the village but when they go to the city, they work very hard and still cannot earn the money they expected because the cost of living in the city was much higher than the environment in the village. But so far, if we talk only about education, then the schools and colleges in the city are much better than in the village. But it can also be done that someone, after completing his education, goes back to his village and takes up some new initiative and finds that he will get a much better life in the village than in the city.

There is nothing wrong with moving from one city to another in search of job opportunities. With improving infrastructure in one city versus poor infra in another, you should choose the one that is best for your own personal growth and money.

People migrate for education, jobs mostly and this allows them a bigger understanding of the world, learning new skills that are important in life and knowing how sad it feels to move away from home.

Hence return is also important after migration. Eventually they will be able to use their skills learnt to do something better to their hometown.

I’ve also noticed that education often acts as both a motivator and an enabler for rural-urban migration. I think education increases the likelihood of migration but it doesn’t guarantee employment especially when urban job markets are saturated. This sometimes leaves educated migrants in a worse position than expected since they might not be willing to take up jobs considered beneath their qualification.

There are many reasons to why people migrate form rural settings to the urban cities, some may be for educational purpose while in some cases, it may be that they are going for commercial activities, which ever way, people still migrate from one place to another for a better greener pasture and this is common in everywhere, we only have to know more on why we should take either of these steps to migrate and find a better place more adaptable for us to live in or run our business.

A good number of people migrate from rural communities to urban areas in search of a better life some may be in the rural areas during their academic years but after graduation they have to move to get a better life or start up a business in the city because the rural areas may not get them everything they want. You made a good point cause the rural areas has more opportunities to good jobs so the target is also to get a better offer which will give them access to the greener pasture which you also talked about.

It's essential for people who have lived on the countryside or rural areas to find a better opportunity to help their families live a better life. We thrive to get a better life and we don't want to go back to the hard life that we've been through. And so, there is no stopping from these people until they have found success in the urban areas.

This phenomenon exists in almost every country. Many people migrate from rural areas to cities, and this has become a classic issue as you mentioned due to the income gap and so on. They prefer to migrate out of the city and leave their villages in the hope of changing their fate even though in the village it's actually possible if we have the will especially since villages have vast green spaces.

Sometimes they move to the city partly because of lifestyle forces. They feel that living in the village won't significantly improve their economic status. The image of the city with all its hopes is constantly in their minds but in reality cities and villages both have their own problems. The only differences are the form rhythm and patterns of people and their surrounding environment.

Unless migration has a clear purpose and target, it might be good, but unfortunately, many people migrate in the same way as I mentioned above. Living in the village is a good choice during an economic crisis. At least they can grow their own staple foods (food and vegetables). In the city you have to buy all your household necessities. So the purpose of migration really depends on each individual, and they should have a clear goal.

What motivate people to go to the city is not only education, the main thing that moves people to the urban city is because of employment opportunities, and without employment opportunity many people will remain in rural areas, because life in rural area is more preserved and better than city in terms of expenses

For educational aspects of it, people who is in rural area, learn like people who are in urban city because they are learning with same academic curriculum, so the different is that people who is urban some of them is dedicated to learn why some people who is rural area is not that determined to acquire educational knowledge, due to they maybe misinformed.

The income gap may be large but those in the rural areas spend less in their expenses than those in the urban areas. The more they earn, the more they spend in the urban areas. You just need to cut your cost according to your size to live a comfortable life of where you live. Education from the rural areas looks overhyped and that is why they push to want to come to the city without trying to explore other options that can be useful to them even without getting a white collar job in the city.


Works are already saturated in the urban areas as that makes it very difficult for people to get job. The number educated people in urban areas are way larger than those in the rural areas, with people in the urban areas fighting their way to get a job in the city, it becomes more difficult for migrants in the rural areas to seek for good living with good jobs in the urban areas so fast. It is better to keep aside your education and intensify into learning a skill, the entrepreneur and private sector are now growing in numbers to match up or even exceed those who do white collar jobs.

It’s not uncommon for these things to happen due to the concentration of resources in urban areas, many at times, you might find that the raw materials for certain productions are found in these rural areas but, the raw state of any produce don’t cost much until it’s transformed into its finished products, this is what happens mainly in urbanized areas hence, the need for those in rural areas to migrate and study in order to compete favorably with their urban counterparts.

On an individual basis, yes there is nothing wrong with moving cities, that is true. However, for a country standpoint, if everyone moves from everywhere, to just one city, that would make that city and even nation a lot worse.

Plenty of nations in the world has enough room to give their citizens a great suburban home, like literally those American sitcom type of homes, to every single family in the nation. But for some reason we have all decided that it's better to be stuck in one part, build huge skyscrapers and tall buildings, and live compact life. I never understood why we did that, it never made sense.

The world has enough resources to give every single family a home, and even a car, sure not everyone would drive lambo, but enough for one car per family all around the world. These are possible, we have the economy and resources for it. So why have bunch of 200-300 thousand population cities, and one 10+ million populated city, why not spread it?

The reason for this migration is more in the new generation as compared to the previous generation who are living there from the beginning and somewhat settled with their mindset and are completely satisfied. It is the new generation who want to live in the modern society which have technology and more growth chances and therefore they prefer to migrate to urban areas.

Personally, I also prefer urban areas more than rural areas, for modern education, advanced technology, and modern living, people must go to urban areas. To get a good job, we must go to urban areas, we will never get high-paying jobs in rural areas, and in terms of facilities, there is definitely more certainty in urban areas, in addition to better medical care, everything is more diverse in terms of quality of life.

Actually, there are some differences between rural areas and urban areas, such as the biggest thing in rural areas is that there is no noise, that is, the thing that we feel most annoyed about in urban areas is the noise of cars, there is no moment where we can be quiet, car horns are honking every moment on the road, there is no playground, there is no place to sit in peace. Actually, these are only problems of living, but in other respects, if we want to take our next generation into technological progress, the importance of urban areas is immense.

Although there are some environmental problems in urban areas, I personally like urban areas very much. The quality of life there is very good, and we get more facilities in everything. Also, to earn good money and get a better education, one must go to urban areas.

Technological advancements have contributed to rural-urban drift. Jobs in farmlands or rural industries are no longer fancied by the younger generation. They now prefer to work in big tech firms in cities that also pay higher wages. Life in rural areas is also seen as boring since there are more social activities in urban areas.   

I prefer living in rural areas because of the quality of life. There is less pollution, crime rate, and less exposure to GMOs. Since there are fewer vehicles, population, and industrial activities, you would enjoy nature at its best. Most people in rural areas grow their food, so you would unlikely to buy artificially grown or preserved crops. But the impediment is the lack of quality social amenities in rural areas.

When we look at the cost of living in urban areas, it is almost same with those with low-income jobs in the rural areas because in some rural areas, people who do white collar jobs doesn't spend much as those in urban cities. The problem we are having around the world is that when someone becomes educated, they feel they are too big to do some menial jobs that they can use their knowledge and experience to grow to a higher level. We need to remove that pride of being educated because education to me is just to get a basic knowledge of life and not really what makes us become successful in life. I knew of few millionaires who made money without education, it was after they became successful in their businesses that they seek for education. Of a truth people who are educated can be opportune to get high paid jobs in urban areas but, in the world today, what is needed most is skills and technical knowledge. Someone might be knowledgeable but doesn't have the skills and technicalities to do a task.
      We should also know that migrating to urban areas doesn't guarantee that you will have a good job as someone who is educated, there are limited jobs such that no matter the employment rate, there will still be unemployed people. Some persons due to the idea of migration have even left places where they were comfortable and went to places that made them live a bad and unhealthy life just because they wanted a greener pasture. Instead of migration we should look for things we can do around us to make a good living after all in the rural areas they still have people who are doing business in those areas and are wealthy. We should endeavor to proffer ways to find jobs for ourselves instead of feeling that our success in entangled to a particular place therefore we want to migrate. The urban areas are full of high life so that is how your expenses will become high such that no matter how much you are earning it will look as if you aren't earning enough.

Most rural people move to urban areas in search of a better life, as urban areas typically offer better opportunities than rural areas, where employment opportunities are typically more limited and dominated by the agricultural sector or informal jobs with relatively lower wages. That’s why educated people prefer to move to urban areas to gain opportunities for higher-paying formal sector jobs and access to better facilities than in rural areas.

This trend still persists in my country, as development is still uneven here, leading many rural people to migrate to large cities in search of a better life. However, this becomes a problem, because people in big cities also find it difficult to find work, and added to that, rural people who are also looking for work cause the unemployment rate to increase and various other problems that can arise as a result.

You are right about the fact that one specific city becomes overcrowded when migration to only that city happens. There are poor government decisions and lack in attempt to develop other cities due to often politicial motivations. This we cannot change from our side but have to take what the government is giving us.

Now as humans we always look for the best in ourselves and there is nothing bad in doing so. So the choice is there to move out and then whether to move back in the hometown for short periods.

As a student of public policy, I understand that this rural-Urban migration is shaped by both what they call the push and pull factors. The push factors is mostly driven by the challenges which are particular to the rural areas like the issue of insecurity and lack of access to quality way of life such as quality education, quality health care and job opportunities which are now the reasons why people are pushed to seek for a greener pasture like you mentioned above while the pull factors include those fascinating things people in the rural areas hear about the cities that pushes them to be attracted to migrating to the cities such as when they when they hear about the educational opportunities, opportunities like getting high paying jobs and others.

But these urban migration can also lead to issues around overcrowding and inadequate housing where by everyone is moving to the cities on a large scale and the infrastructures are not built yet to occupy such individuals and you have situation where a city faces implosion of population because the people have overwhelmed the institutions made available to cater their needs.