It wasn’t a choice they made, it was their only choice left. At last, they had to evacuate the place unaware that they would never make it back again. It was the need of the situation and the residents were asked to seek refuge in the closest region to Villa Epecuen which happened to be Carhue. It was a difficult move as the relations between the people of these two places were cold. As Villa Epecuen was closer to the lake and enjoyed greater revenues in the face of tourism which indirectly strangled the growth and economy of Carhue, so the people in Carhue weren’t much welcoming.