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Youth Migrate to Cities for Opportunity, Depopulating Rural Areas

Rural-to-urban migration is predominantly driven by youth seeking jobs and social mobility, leaving aging, dwindling remnant populations in rural areas, as observed in the depopulating Russia-China border region where tigers are conserved.

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Speaker

Joe Walston

Evidence Quote

those areas are being naturally depopulated... because the youth are moving away

Source

22 | Joe Walston on Conservation, Urbanization, and the Way We Live on EarthSean Carroll's Mindscape
Created: 6/13/2026, 3:37:33 AM

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