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In the modern Western cultural imagination, it is a common trope that a young person moves to a major city in order to gain wealth, enter a new profession, or simply 'follow their dreams'. When did this stereotypical mindset emerge? Does it exist in the period you study?

by /u/GreatBear2121 in /r/AskHistorians

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