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Many Scots chose to leave Scotland鈥檚 smoky and dirty cities to seek a new life in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. In the growing cities there were better job prospects and there was greater availability of cheap farmland in the country. At the same time, large numbers were moving to Scotland鈥檚 cities, especially Glasgow where many sought work in the shipyards. People from the rural Highlands, Ireland and Italy were willing to endure poor living conditions for the sake of finding work. There were improvements to diet, sanitation and medicine during this period and, as a result, the death rate fell and the population of the cities doubled between 1881 and 1939.