"Do you get told what the good life is, or do you figure it out for
yourself?" This is the central question of "Opting for Elsewhere,"
as the reader encounters stories of people who chose relocation as
a way of redefining themselves and reordering work, family, and
personal priorities. This is a book about the impulse to start
over. Whether downshifting from stressful careers or being
downsized from jobs lost in a surge of economic restructuring,
lifestyle migrants seek refuge in places that seem to resonate with
an idealized, potential self. Choosing the "option of elsewhere"
and moving as a means of remaking self through sheer force of will
are basic facets of American character, forged in its history as a
developing nation of immigrants with a seemingly ever-expanding
frontier. Building off years of interviews and research in the
Midwest, including areas of Michigan, Brian Hoey provides an
evocative illustration of the ways these sweeping changes impact
people and the communities where 'they live and work as well as how
both react--devising strategies for either coping with or
challenging the status quo. This portrait of starting over in the
heartland of America compels the reader to ask where we are going
next as an emerging postindustrial society.
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