In fact. to a considerable extent urban problems have increased because we have not been doing agood enough Job of taking care of rural problems. In the past 30 years. millions of people have poured from rural areas and smaller cities into the big cities. Since jobs. housing and pay scales have been higher in the cities all during that time. there has in every year been a flow of migrants toward the cities but the rate of flow has ebbed or increased according to the relative economic situation and the availability of services including housing. There are still millions of people in rural America who could migrate to the cities. In fact. 3 out of 4 in rural America today are not tilling the soil and in many cases have given up hope that they can return to farming as an occupation that will support a family.
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