ABSTRACT
Where people live matters; it matters for people: for social networks and relationships with family, friends, and neighbours; identity, attachment and belonging; housing or accommodation; education and learning; employment, work, career and retirement; health and well-being; lifestyle and culture; ageing; and individual biographies. Where people are able and want to live matters because it reflects socio-spatial inequalities, and differences in internal migration rates and patterns can reproduce and reconfigure social inequalities, and change places. Although virtually everyone is an internal migrant, migration is not equally performed or experienced, migration is not equally chosen.
