Are the Yanomami moving to cities or urban areas?
No. Though the Yanomami like to complain about their lot, the fact is they’re living in a paradise. There are no problems with drugs or alcohol, food is abundant, and they like where they are. Researchers estimate that the Yanomami need to work only a few hours a day to secure their basic subsistence. I met a few Yanomami who had traveled abroad, and they don’t really like it out there. There is almost no outward migration whatsoever.
