Sephardic Jews emigrated to cities including Istanbul, London and Cairo after the 1492 decree.
When Congo's economy nose-dived and Kinshasa's once thriving music industry fell to ruin as a result, many of its music performers and producers emigrated to cities like Nairobi where the demand for Congolese bands was high, as were the prospects for a decent living.
Some weavers emigrated to Protestant cities in Germany and England.
Many of the young people emigrated to the cities".
Many of the young people emigrated to the cities". Not José Aníbal Mejía, who grows squash, chillies, cucumber, green peppers and green beans in the village of Boca Poza, an hour and a half's drive from Santa Tecla.
Chris Richards of the Washington Post just put out this jolly little arts piece about how Washington, DC's musicians have a habit of emigrating to other more biz-centric cities.
Several of Dr Singh's friends have already left the medical profession to work as bankers and consultants in the City; others are considering emigrating to work as doctors in Australia or New Zealand.
One example is Mohamed Hassan, a principal planning analyst for Hennepin County, which includes Minneapolis, who emigrated to the city in the early 1990s and is now in his 40s.
At the age of forty, however, he emigrated to the city of Croton in southern Italy and most of his philosophical activity occurred there.
The population slowly recovered, and had surpassed its original peak in 1990, following a wave of Vietnamese refugees, who emigrated to the city after the Vietnam War.
