Amenity migration in the U.S. Sierra Nevada

This study is based on the concept of "amenity migration," a type of urban-to-rural residential movement. According to Laurence Moss, amenity migration refers to "people moving into the mountains to reside year-round or intermittently, principally because of their actual and perceived greater environmental quality and cultural differentiation". For him, amenity migrants come for both active recreation and passive contemplation; they tend to be economically active and usually need a well-developed information/communications support system as well as relatively convenient..