1. Farewell to Nova Scotia . . . or not! Migration Fact and Fiction Ryan MacNeil
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7. Place Becomes Unattractive 1. Major company or industry is hurt or exits 2. Economic recession hurts business 3. Unemployment climbs 4. Infrastructure breaks down 5. City budget deficit increases Outward Migration of People Tourism, Convention Business Fall Off Outward Migration of Business Banks Tighten Credit, Bankruptcies increase, Crime Increases, Social Needs Rise, City Image Deteriorates Government Raises Taxes Kotler, Haider & Rein (1993)
15. Myth #1 Migration is customarily conceptualized as a product of the material forces at work in our society… (Fielding, 1992, p 201).
16. Myth #1 culture society personal biographies interpersonal ties
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19. Myth #2 “ What distinguishes Newfoundland is not that Newfoundlanders choose to leave their home province at a greater rate than people in other provinces, but rather that other Canadians choose to move to Newfoundland at a lower rate than they do any other province .” (House, White and Ripley, 1990, 12)