Chapter 4 Newton's First Law of Migration

Chapter 4 Newton's First Law of Migration states why people come to the United States. The United States has so much to offer for its citizens, and everyone wants to use those resources for a better way of living. The other day in class we discussed that the small towns in the Great Plains are getting even smaller because more and more people are leaving the area due to low opportunities for work. In class we asked who grew up in a big city or town, and who grew up in a small city or town. We then asked the people who lived in the big cities or town if they would ever live in a small town. Next we asked the people who lived in the small cities or towns if they plan on returning to that location in the future. As a result, most who lived in large cities said they would not move to a small town, and most that lived in the small towns said they would not want to return to the location in the future. The reason these people who lived in small towns growing up said this is because unless you own your own buisness, job opportunites are very scare in the small town location. The chapter later goes on to talk about what immigrants look for when they come to find work in the United States. They usually move to bigger cities because there is more opportunities for work and a better way of living. In other words, the more people you have in a city or town, the more job opportunites there is going to be, and the higher level of education one recieves, the opportunity to have a better career is higher.