Hartland Migration Case Study

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People move to the Hartland area of Wisconsin from a variety of locations, anywhere from ten minutes to 35 hours away, they are unified by common justification of their migration: employment and family betterment. Distance has had no ill resignation within migrants. After conducting a series of interviews I notice a plethora of connections between migrants. The most significant aspect being the anatomy of the group that made the trip: married couples with at least one child. Families come to the Hartland area. For there are exemplary employment options in Hartland. Also, another unifying trait of the migrants is that employment pursuing parents were, assumingly, college educated. Mr. Hundt, Mr. Phillips, Mr. Nelson, Mr. Ferro, Mr. Fox, Ms.

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