Merkel has moved hundreds into small rural areas who’s infrastructure can’t handle the influx. Reminiscent of the Dems redrawing district lines for votes.
In general, having watched this from within Germany for four years, most all of these refugees/migrants are selecting or moving into highly urbanized towns (places over 100,000).
Chief reasons? Job market, the idea of ‘civilization’, attraction to urbanization, and more opportunity. Very few end up in remote villages or small towns of 1,000 people.
You can go out into the rural areas of Germany before this issue started up and find serious problems with populations dwindling and no one wanting to live in farming regions. You can find small towns now in Germany where the local grocery shut down....no bank....no pharmacy...and kids traveling by bus for forty minutes to reach some school.