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Content: In many cases this deal has been fulfilled without
 a problem. In what is likely the overwhelming majority of cases, 
however, relocated citizens have either been given far too little in 
compensation or their dues have been slimmed through corruption and 
embezzlement. Compensation in some instances has been as meager as the 
equivalent of $7 a month, and many claim they have received only half 
the land compensation they were promised  (Hvinstendahl 2008). This has 
meant problems for many as the cities and towns they have had to move to
 are more expensive, driving many people deeper into poverty (Yardley 
2007). Indeed, there is a major concern that the displaced will be made even
 poorer due to landlessness, joblessness, marginalization, and food 
insecurity (Gleick 2009). The displaced are more often than not farmers 
with little formal education, if any. This spells trouble for any 
attempts at social mobility within the major cities. Many have instead 
opted to return to the Yangtze region. Those who stayed or who returned due to poor living conditions 
elsewhere (of which there are many) face different types of challenges. Flooding the reservoir has forced those farmers still in the region to 
migrate northwards up the mountain slopes, adding to erosion through 
over utilization of top soil  (Yardley 2007).