Many areas whose progress has been stimulated in the course of the Soviet interval became unable to supply sufficient level of employment and standards of dwelling under the brand new aggressive economic circumstances. Moreover, after the Nineteen Nineties, the distribution of the population was not regulated, and, as a result, the residential patterns started to change. Personal and financial motives of people have replaced the communist planning doctrine and became crucial elements influencing population change. Population began to concentrate into the major city-regions, particularly in Vilnius.
