Great Basin Growth and the Withering of California's Pacific Idyll

Exodus from the California Core: Using Demographic Effectiveness and Migration Impact Measures to Examine Population Redistribution Within the Western United States

“…Rapidly growing urban areas have been the predominant destinations for migrants escaping the costs and pressures of high-density living in the California core conurbations (Starrs and Wright 1995;see also: McHugh and Gober 1992;Plane 1984Plane , 1994Plane and Isserman 1983;Roseman and McHugh 1982). Similarly on the receiving end of the California exodus have been communities in the Pacific Northwest.…”

The Association Between Natural Amenities, Rural Population Growth, and Long-Term Residents' Economic Weil-Being*

“…Also, population growth often brings traffic congestion, landscape change, and environmental degradation, as well as other quality of life impacts for long-term residents (Heimlich and Anderson 2001;Starrs and Wright 1995). Finally, new migrants to high amenity rural regions have been characterized as holding different perspectives on environmental issues such as land and resource management (e.g., Jones et al 2003;Smith and Krannich 2000).…”

Highway Expansion and Landscape Change in East Tennessee

“…In this regard, East Tennessee is not unique. Lifestyle refugees and retirees are also transforming rural and small town geographies throughout the Mountain West, Desert Southwest, and Upland South as they seek scenic locations with an inexpensive quality of life and access to cultural amenities (see Starrs and Wright 1995; Brown and Glasgow 2008).…”