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Rural–Urban Migration in Brazil

Brazil is one of many Latin American countries that has faced a trend of rural–urban migration. People in the countryside are poor, and move to try to find a better life in Brazil’s cities. But they often lack the skills to get good jobs, and are forced to live in favelas (shantytowns). Read the following and think about why people from rural areas would choose to stay or go to the big cities.

Read each of the stories and complete the chart that follows with Reasons to move to the City or Reasons to stay in the Country.

Which side do you agree with? Cite examples from the text to support your answer.

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Because there is a city with better facility
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Step-by-step explanation:

because in city there are more good facilities than in rural areas

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