If it was really a dangerous pandemic, people would just naturally shun crowded places, and wouldn't be wanting to travel for fun, or risk sardining themselves.
It has been said that yes, there was an inflow into the cities during the height of the Black Plague, but that was because all the death opened up jobs that were too tempting to pass up, not because the hicks wanted to go nightclubbing in town.
Also, flow of information was SLOW in the black plague era. An outbreak's news would arrive long after someone began their travels, and at that point there is huge sunk costs. If you're going to the city for a job, you're already desperate, AND you just spent 6 days of travel expenses to get there? Yeah, you'll take your chances.
If it was really a dangerous pandemic, people would just naturally shun crowded places, and wouldn't be wanting to travel for fun, or risk sardining themselves.
It has been said that yes, there was an inflow into the cities during the height of the Black Plague, but that was because all the death opened up jobs that were too tempting to pass up, not because the hicks wanted to go nightclubbing in town.
Also, flow of information was SLOW in the black plague era. An outbreak's news would arrive long after someone began their travels, and at that point there is huge sunk costs. If you're going to the city for a job, you're already desperate, AND you just spent 6 days of travel expenses to get there? Yeah, you'll take your chances.