A Comparison of Rural Stayers in the Missouri Ozarks and Nebraska Sandhills
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Keywords: Rural, Stayers, Immobility, Sandhills, Ozarks
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Andrew Husa University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Drawing on results from online surveys of the mobility of people who grew up in Missouri (2021) and Nebraska (2019), this paper situates itself among emerging research on immobile rural populations. By using an immobility prospective, attention is drawn to the most influential factors in an individual’s active, intended, and deliberate decision to stay in two of the most rural regions of the United States: the Missouri Ozarks and the Nebraska Sandhills. The findings presented in this paper are provocative in their suggestion that deep familial roots and a sense of rurality among those who grow up in rural America bonds individuals with their home places and have a strong influence on their decision to stay in rural areas.
A Comparison of Rural Stayers in the Missouri Ozarks and Nebraska Sandhills
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Andrew Husa University Of Nebraska - Lincoln
ahusa2@unl.edu
This abstract is part of a session: Rural Themes
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