title: Advantages of place as perceived by Sunbelt promoters.
abstract: A questionnaire was sent to 104 Chamber of Commerce executives in states and cities in the South and Southwest to evaluate the factors they perceive to be important in recruiting business and industrial migrants from the North.  81 respondents rates 33 locational factors on a scale of 1 to 5.  Results show variation in the perceived importance of factors between Southeast, South Central, and Southwest states and the Border states.  Patterns of perceived competition among cities reveal that Border cities view Southern cities as their most important competitors but Southern cities see their major competitors as other rapidly growing Southern cities.  Large cities do not see smaller cities as competitors with the exception of the "high tech" research centers such as Raleigh, North Carolina.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Raitz
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D001290:Attitude; D001519:Behavior; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004463:Ecology; D004467:Economics; D004493:Education; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005376:Financial Management; D005843:Geography; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006280:Health Workforce; D007221:Industry; D007255:Information Services; D009656:North America; D010465:Perception; D011153:Population; D011156:Population Density; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011584:Psychology; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Attitude; Behavior; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Ecology; Economic Factors; Education; Financial Activities; Geographic Factors; Human Resources; Iec; Industry; Labor Force; Locale; Macroeconomic Factors; Migration; Migration, Internal; North America; Northern America; Perception; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Size; Program Accessibility; Psychological Factors; Qualitative Evaluation; Residence Characteristics; Spatial Distribution; United States