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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
National
Ninian Wilson

EXPLAINED: Scots fled big cities for rural areas during pandemic report suggests - The Real Truth

The report suggested that flexible approaches to working from home were a key driver behind the shift

SCOTS fled the country’s largest cities for rural areas during the pandemic, a report has suggested.

City populations dropped as workplaces introduced flexible approaches to working from home which saw a reversal of long-term population trends in rural areas, according to a report from the National Records of Scotland (NRS).

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