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Urban Appalachians refers to people from or with close ancestral ties to Appalachia who are living in metropolitan areas outside of the region. As a result of multi-decade migrations, most of these individuals are not first generation migrants from the region. This mass exodus of Appalachian migrants out of Appalachia began to occur before many of the migrational landing cities were founded. It was not until the period following World War II, however, that large-scale migration to urban areas became commonplace due to the decline of coal mining and the increase in industrial jobs available in the Midwest and Northeast. The migration of Appalachians is often known as the Hillbilly Highway.
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