Young Mongolians straddle rural, urban divide

  • 2 months ago
For millennia, Mongolians have lived off the land with their livestock in round ger dwellings, which they pack up and move with the seasons. According to the World Bank, a quarter of Mongolia's 3.4 million people still lead nomadic lives. However, hundreds of thousands have moved over the past two decades into Ulaanbaatar, now home to half the population, in search of a more financially rewarding life in the city. At the same time, thousands of young, urban Mongolians are trading their city lives for new homes in the countryside amid severe air pollution and traffic woes.
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00:00Music
00:25I am very happy to see this beautiful village.
00:32I am very happy to see this beautiful village.
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03:50Youngest baby goat.
03:53In 2018, the air pollution in Ulaanbaatar city, where I was born and grown up, reached the highest level.
04:03And it was terrible to live in.
04:06So I was thinking that I have to leave Ulaanbaatar.
04:09But where should I go?
04:11Should I go abroad or go to the countryside?
04:15And then I decided and I remembered my dream to go to the countryside.
04:21Music
04:29Most of the people, especially the friends and families, were saying that you must be crazy.
04:36And there is no life in the countryside, no jobs, no economic possibilities, no business opportunities.
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