Nowadays many individuals spend more time out of their hometown. Why is it happening? What is the impact of this on a person and their family?

Nowadays many individuals spend more time out of their hometown. Why is it happening? What is the impact of this on a person and their family?

Many are moving out, or traveling out of their hometowns and cities to other locations more often than they did in the past. This can be attributed to several factors, but whatever may be the case, this movement is impacting them and their families in several ways. 

The trend of outward movement - permanent or temporary - is primarily an outcome of intent to seek better education. With most becoming ambitious and focused on their objectives of gaining skills in desired areas of expertise, they invest every effort in attainment of their goals. To see this through, they are prepared to stay away from their families in other cities ,or even countries. 

Moreover, earning a decent livelihood that can afford them all possible comforts and luxuries besides the basic necessities, besides bagging a job that matches the skill sets and that addresses professional aspirations, is the greatest of the desires of the inhabitants of the consumerist era. To accomplish this, they explore and discover opportunities in destinations away from their own areas, and often make the new locations their home.   

This migration to other locations to secure appropriate education or employment is, however, detaching people, especially the young ones born to the parents who had to settle in far away locations, from their families. The warmth and emotions seemingly diminish as the time passes, and such people find it hard to reconnect back and often end up being feeling alienated whenever they reunite. The society is also experiencing weakening of social ties and bonding. Thus, leading to the loss of social values.

In conclusion, although moving away from families is inevitable in the modern times, the adverse outcomes of this parting from families and social groups need to mitigated, so that familial and social bonding does not diminish.