Retirement Migration and Economic Development in High-Amenity, Nonmetropolitan Areas
- 1 December 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Applied Gerontology
- Vol. 12 (4) , 466-481
- https://doi.org/10.1177/073346489301200405
Abstract
There has been a rapid growth of retired inmigrants in high-amenity, nonmetropolitan areas in the Southeast during the last two to three decades. This article examines the economic impact they have made on these counties and the economic development opportunities they present. Data used in this study were obtainedfrom 350 in-home interviews of households who had moved to these counties for the purpose of retiring.Keywords
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