Many Armenian men go off to work in Russia leaving wives, elderly, and children behind.
Armenian towns without men
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/in-armenia-towns-without-men-as-migrant-laborers-leave-to-find-work/2015/02/12/4c9f1698-9774-11e4-8385-866293322c2f_story.html
Same thing happened throughout central Mexico with men leaving for the US in recent decades creating ghost towns--including many that actually got wealthier thanks to remittances.
Mexico's ghost towns
http://inthesetimes.com/article/3693/mexicos_ghost_towns
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