Title:	Seeking Authenticity in Place, Culture, and the Self
Authors:	NICHOLAS OSBALDISTON
Keywords:	The Great Urban Escape
Issue Date:	2012
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
Description:	Throughout the West since the commencement of industrial modernity, the city has been a magnet for attracting population growth. Filled with prom- ises of economic security, increased opportunities for intellectual and voca- tional development, and an abundant social and cultural life, the metropolis has grown immensely in the modern period. Left behind were the small villages and country towns that became, in some respects, symbols of a time forgotten when life was harsh and less comfortable. Those who still resided in villages and towns were considered “country folk,” backward, and with a limited view of the world. The city, on the contrary, was seen as progres- sive, technologically advanced, and cosmopolitan. Widespread migration into the city has subsequently resulted for many years in a general decline in population numbers amid some of these smaller country communities. However, in recent years, this general trend is being reversed in areas of high environmental value. Places that have historically been left untouched except through tourism have recently become the center of a great urban phenomenon: escape. Described as amenity migration by some (Moss 2006a; Glorioso and Moss 2007; Ullman 1954), lifestyle migration (Benson and O’Reilly 2009a; Benson 2011; Hoey 2006, 2010) by others, and, in various corners, as Seachange (Burnley and Murphy 2004; Dowling 2004; Osbaldiston 2010), this movement involves a growing group of disgruntled ex-city residents who are seeking meaning in their lifestyles. The focuses of their quest are those places with pristine environments and small country town “feels.” Areas that have traditionally attracted the gaze of the passer-by in domestic and international tourism are now attracting these modern-day Thoreaus
URI:	http://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/51128
ISBN:	978-1-137-00763-6
Appears in Collections:	Population Studies

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