%0 Thesis
%9 Bachelor
%A Bleeker, R.
%D 2021
%F theses_frw:3527
%P 47
%T A paradise, but not for the Randstad: How the existence of the idea of a rural idyll among Achterhoekers leads to a negative attitude towards migrants from the Randstad.
%U https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/3527/
%X The Achterhoek is a rural region in the Netherlands that has been struggling with population decline in the last couple of decades. However, since the covid-19 pandemic population increased for the first time in years due to migrants from the Randstad. The local population is not content about this. This research found out  through a questionnaire that Achterhoekers have a strong sense of the rural idyll, high levels of place attachment, and a strong local identity. According to previous studies, these factors result in a negative attitude towards the city in its inhabitants. This partly explains the unsupportive reactions of the Achterhoekers towards the newcomers from the Randstad