G. Rudzitis et Ra. Streatfeild, THE IMPORTANCE OF AMENITIES AND ATTITUDES - A WASHINGTON EXAMPLE, Journal of environmental systems, 22(3), 1993, pp. 269-277
Most models of why people move or stay have assumed that economic reas
ons were the primary driving force. More recently noneconomic or ameni
ty reasons have been recognized as other major factors in the decision
to move or stay. We report on the results of a random survey of 398 p
eople in San Juan County, Washington. Amenities were found to be impor
tant both for migrants and residents, although there were differences
between the two groups. Migrants and residents also differed on issues
such as raising taxes to improve local services. We also found differ
ences by age category. Discriminant analysis was successful in classif
ying both on resident/migrant and under and over age sixty-five catego
ries.