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1971-8-71June.2.E-S -    Note: 227

Page: 92/93
Date: 26.06.71
Location: Adana
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In the cafe I tried to discuss relative advantages of living in village and living in Adana.

Village
[(i) Flexibility of labour market]
(ii) cheap
(iii) Security - what do you do with rent to pay and no work in town?

City
(i) Constant availability for work and constant renewal of work-finding ties. "They know where you live and come to your house to find you."
(ii) Clean comfortable {=} rahat
(iii) The 9 months away from wife and children is very, very unpleasant - so they say
[several iki evli {two wives}].

k<Village or city for migrants, bigamy>


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