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Great numbers of people are moving into cities from villages, and they happen to live in smaller family units. Not everyone is taking this relocating as a welcome development.

• How do you look at this development?

As cities are increasingly becoming centers of opportunities, rural urban migration happens on a daily basis. This movement leaves people of different makes and potentials in different living conditions; some in smaller family units.

The lures of cities have always been a driving force for people to think of moving out of their village homes. As a matter of fact, people who are skilled and confident will surely get enormous opportunities in cities. Obviously, they will make great differences in their life. For example, they can make a lot of money and their living standards will go higher. Naturally, their children will get better education and related conveniences. This will make the second generation more productive. Therefore, it is right for many to be living in smaller setups with better conveniences.

On the other hand, when great many people, who have been living in spacious and quiet living conditions, happen to be in congested cities, they are likely to face problems. Unless these people are prepared to make the best out of the cities, they will get themselves exposed to innumerable difficulties. For example, the pangs of parting, loss of family values, absence of moral support and regular income, poor living conditions, to mention a few, will put them in abject poverty, insecurity and hopelessness. This is a problem not only for them, but this will put cities under great pressures; the pressures of the displaced.

In short, transition from spacious rural to smaller urban families is a natural development. For some, it is a great possibility, but for some others it is a problem. What I feel is that people cannot do without putting up themselves in smaller family units. These times of change - from bigger to smaller - demand it.

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