(uncountable) A movement of people from cities to the countryside.
(uncountable) A movement of people from cities to the countryside.
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 …
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(AU) A person who moves to a rural location.
Australian slang for someone who abandons city life to relocate to a rural or semi-rural area, typically seeking a slower pace, nature, and lower property prices. The treechanger is the bush-dwelling counterpart to the seachanger, who moves to the coast. The term became particularly loaded during the remote-work boom of the early 2020s, when thousands of Australians made the leap from inner suburbs to regional towns, sparking debates about urban flight and rural gentrification.
(UK) A person who has moved from a town or city to a rural area. Especially, one who is perceived not to have adopted rural ways.
(idiomatic, UK, Irish) To change one's place of residence.
(countable) An act of relocating from an urban to a rural community.
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 …