Swedish problem regions emerging in the villages - massive shops closures there spelling disaster in the future.

Thursday, 11 July 2013
Sweden gradually facing up to rural-urban migration as the country's villages or smaller settlement areas is facing hard time with smaller businesses.

A new report suggests that the closure of village shops in the country is a disaster for rural development. This comes from an investigation that is being presented today where four out of ten rural traders are not confident that they will be around in five years.

<<Image: Villgaes being deserted in Sweden>>

One of the strongest reasons for this is the rural - urban migration of the younger population. As such, an increasing number of village shops seeing their business crumbly gradually and it is feared that this fall will accelerate in the coming years. Time is coming when there will be abandoned houses and villages and rural settlements littering around in Sweden just as seen in the USA.

<<<Image: Rural urban migration in Sweden - problem regions emerging>>>

In a study presented today the future looks bleak for the 670 grocery stores surveyed in the country of which 43 are in southern Sweden and 27 in Blekinge. In the 273 responses, there is not much optimism.
by Scancomark.com Team