treechange

Definitions

1. A movement of people from cities to the countryside.
   Australia, uncountable
2. An act of relocating from an urban to a rural community.
   Australia, countable

Examples

“Treechange refers to the trend for baby boomers to seek⟳ out lifestyle property in country towns usually within a two–three hour drive⟳ of a capital city. The drivers of treechange and seachange are the same: people wanting a simpler life in a pleasant town with all the amenities not too far from their interests in the city.”

“For example, the ‘seachange’ and ‘treechange’ movements have⟳ seen transitions in rural and regional communities, with the influx of wealthy city-dwellers increasing the price of housing and demanding the provision of particular services and facilities[…].”

“She told me about a time she and a photographer were sent out to do ‘another treechange story’ – a feel-good piece, she explained, about mainlanders moving to Tasmania.”

“This is supported by consultant reports she found online, whose interpretations of ABS data point⟳ to the emergence of seachange and treechange towns that have⟳ increasing demand⟳ for services. (Seachange and treechange are terms used to describe⟳ people moving out of cities to coastal or rural areas.)”

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