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Pennsylvanians moving
UNIVERSITY PARK-For
the first time in this century,
large numbers of people are
leaving metropolitan areas
for small-size communities,
according to Dr. Gordon F.
De Jong and Kenneth G.
Keppel of The Pennsylvania
State University.
The desire to live in a
small city, a village, or the
countryside is typical of
Pennsylvania Migrant!, the
two sociologists report from
a recent survey.
RECENT SURVEY.
Although 75 per cent of the
people surveyed preferred to
live in a generally rural
setting, only 18 per cent
wanted these places to be
more than 30 miles from a
large city.
“What emerges is a
preference for the best of
both rural and urban living—
a home in the countryside
that is within a metropolitan
region,” Dr. De Jong af
firmed.
The largest pattern of
continuous out-migration
occurred between 1960 and
1975 in 28 Pennsylvania
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LEBANON - Approximate
ly twenty members and
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FFA gathered at the Cyrus
Bomberger Farm near
Lebanon for a picnic and
meeting.
The members and their
guests enjoyed swimming
and boating in Bomberger’s
scenic pond.
The meal included
homemade baked beans, hot
dogs, bar-b-que, chips and
homemade cupcakes. The
meal was prepared by the
Bomberger family.
counties, including most of
the state’s major
metropolitan areas, as
shown in U.S. Census data.
The findings were
reported recently in Bulletin
825, “Urban Migrants to the
Countryside,” published by
the Agricultural Experiment
Station at Penn State. Or. De
Jong and Mr. Keppel are
associate director and
research associate,
respectively, with the
Population Issues Research
Center at Penn State.
Tracing the movements of
people in the survey over a 3-
year period, De Jong and
Keppel found that only about
5 per cent of all central city
and suburban residents who
expressed a preference for
small-size communities
actually migrated to such
locations. Many more people
prefer small-size places than
actually move there, it was
pointed out.
Families moving from
urban to nonurban areas
considered housing and
neighborhood charac
teristics most important in
After the meal a business
meeting was held. Other
Summer events were
reviewed and upcoming
events were discussed.
Many members joined in a
touch football game after the
meeting.
One of the evenings
highlights was seeing and
feeding some of the large
fish in Bomberger’s pond.
The enjoyable evening
concluded with more boating
and swimming.
their migration decisions.
Neighborhood factors were
listed most frequently by
household members as
reasons for moving. Em
ployment and housing
reasons were mentioned less
frequently.
Households moving from
urbanized to more rural
v areas were mostly married
couples with children. The
heads of these households
were generally better
educated, more likely to be
in white collar occupations,
and had higher incomes than
household heads moving
from rural to urbanized
areas, the findings showed.
"Although the households
in our survey only recently
moved to nonurban areas,
over one-fourth had lived
previously in their new
community or had a family
member living there earlier.
Being familiar with the area
before moving apparently
minimizes conflicting ex
pectations often held by
newcomers and established
residents of a community.”
Dr. De Jong observed.
Using U.S. Census data,
the study found that 17
counties in Pennsylvania
underwent “turn around
growth,” with population
declining during the 1960’s
but increasing in the 1970’5.
Many of these counties were
rural areas located
primarily in the nor
theastern, southwestern,
and west central parts of the
Commonwealth.
Several counties—notably
Bucks, Centre, Cumberland,
Lebanon, Monroe, and
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urban and rural
to smaller commimitie
Pike—gamed population
during the 15-year period
from 1960 to 1975. These are
generally suburban coun
ties, it was pointed out,
especially those in the
southeast plus the Pocono
and northern tier counties,
and central counties con
taining a major college or
university.
Population * declined
during the 15-year period
from 1960 to 1975 in the
counties of Philadelphia,
Blair, Allegheny, Schuylkill,
and five primarily rural
counties. Population
declined only from 1970 to
1975 in Beaver, Delaware,
Mifflin, and Warren coun
ties.
An emerging pattern
shows 19 counties that have
changed from net out
migration in the 1960’s to net
in-migration between 1970
and 1975. With the exception
of Luzerne and Lackawanna
counties, these are primarily
rural areas scattered
throughout the state.
An emerging pattern
shows 19 counties that have
changed from net out
migration in the 1960’s to net
in-migration between 1970
and 1975. With the exception
of Luzerne and Lackawanna
counties, these are primarily
rural areas scattered
throughout the state.
On a national average, 131
people moved out of
metropolitan areas from
1970 to 1975 for every 100
people who moved into them.
This was a national “turn
around,” De Jong and
Keppel said, since 94 people
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