Along the main boulevard in [in Banja Luka], trees were festooned with scraps of paper, a bit like Christmas ornaments, and the papers contained handwritten notices that said, "Wanted: Apartments in Sarajevo." The notices did not predate the war. They were put up well into the siege of Sarajevo, when the Bosnian capital was a worldwide symbol of misery. Yet the Muslims of Banja Luka looked on Sarajevo, hellish as it was, as a paradise compared to their hometown and they wanted to move there as quickly as possible. Sarajevo or bust. Imagine that.

- Peter Maass , Love Thy Neighbor, A Story of War