Bonded to whom? Social interactions in a high-amenity rural setting

Brian M. Jennings and Richard S. Krannich

Community Development, 2013, vol. 44, issue 1, 3-22

Abstract: Beginning with Kasarda and Janowitz, several dimensions of community attachment have been theorized. The local social bonds or the interpersonal dimension of community attachment is reflected in social interaction with family, friends and neighbors. A current trend within the United States is the influx of seasonal residents into high-amenity areas. Whether this influx affects the types ofsocial bonds formed in such areas is an important and unanswered question. This study attempts to determine whether second homeowners in selected high-amenity areas in rural Utah are interacting socially within their seasonal communities, and whether those social interactions extend across residential categories. Results indicate seasonal residents who most frequently visit their secondary communities interact socially with their friends and neighbors at similar or higher levels to year-round residents. Also, a mixed neighborhood composition plays an important role in the social interactions that transcend residential categories.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1080/15575330.2011.583355

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