Ezekiel Obleb Hurd Research Paper

Ezekiel Caleb Hurd began his journey in Houston, Texas. Ezekiel’s family is a Caribbean American/ Panamanian family with Ezekiel being the oldest child and Nathen being the youngest. Ezekiel’s family struggled with finding jobs in Houston, Texas. However, Ezekiel’s family was skeptical to move because it meant leaving old family relatives. Nevertheless, Ezekiel’s family moved to Dallas to seek job opportunities for a better living style. Fortunately, Ezekiel’s father found a job. Ezekiel lived in Dallas, Texas for six years with his brother Nathan and parents. After couple of years, Ezekiel’s father received a promotion that caused them to transfer back to Houston, Texas. When Ezekiel and Nathan moved back to Houston, Texas, they had to start a new life since they did not know anyone besides their family members.

Moving from one region to another region within the same state is known as Intraregional Migration. The push factor that caused Ezekiel’s family to migrate was lack of job opportunities. Pull factor that attracted Ezekiel’s family to Dallas, Texas was availability of jobs. In Dallas, Texas, Ezekiel’s father was able …show more content…
The demographic transition of Houston, Texas and Dallas Texas is stage 4 for both since it is an intraregional migration. Majority of people in the United States move internally or intraregionally like Ezekiel and his family for economic opportunities. Intraregional migration does not fit with the concept of distance-decay because there isn’t any effect of cultural or spatial interactions on Ezekiel and his family. Intraregional migration fits into first Ravenstein’s Law of Migration because it shows that migrants travel short distances motivated by economic reasons. In this case, Ezekiel and his family travelled short distances from Houston, Texas to Dallas, Texas and back to Houston, Texas for job