Forced sedenterization has been used on entire peoples but forced mobility I think has only ever been used as a governance strategy for an educated middle class (civil servants, certain models of feuds nobility etc).
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As a pattern of life I mean, not 1-time deportation from 1 place
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migrant_w
"Migrant workers usually do not have an intention to stay permanently in the country or region in which they work."
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Admittedly, this is mobility forced by economic opportunity, which may not count for what you're thinking about.
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I think that is true of say the Middle East Which is mostly a terrible place if you’re not a sheikh. Not the US or EU, at least not until recently.
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It's not a recent innovation: "Grapes of Wrath" was all about it.
nfwm.org/education-cent has more details.
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Sure, it’s a constant in history actually, but I’m getting at something closer to pastoral nomadism but for an information economy. Certain specialized professions like oil drilling or cable-laying come close.
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Software development, especially for startups, has a collective force pushing people to move to San Francisco (despite, or maybe even because, its mostly out of room).
I remember someone saying similar things about finance and NYC, though I couldn't source it.
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