This Chapter explores one challenge of familiarising newcomers with a neighbourhood utilising the potential value of narratives of both the newcomer and the situated residents (both long-term and life-long residents) in surfacing meaning from context. The argument for a narrative approachNarrative approach focuses on the minimum prerequisites of place attachment, or domain, through attainment of common interests and establishment of effective agency, for those without tangible local heritageTangible local heritage. Intangible heritage in a geographic format compatible with spatial science allows a variety of disciplines to better frame their responsesResponse with the perspectives of residents. Forty oral historyOral history interviews that were recorded in 1986 in University ParkUniversity Park, DenverDenver, were converted into a narrative infrastructure. This research aims to test whether access to spatially situated oral histories changes the perceptions of comfort for non-residents. Two exercises were conducted to test the effect oral histories have on both newcomers and situated residents. A questionnaire was taken by fifty-seven participants (n = 57), randomly sorted into Groups A and B. Group A participants were tested for their subjective sense of comfort transiting, provisioning, and socialising before and after virtually exploring the test neighbourhood, first without narrative infrastructure and then with narrative infrastructure. To verify if local authentically sourced oral historiesOral history enhances recall of spatial details, Group B participated in an exercise to test if telling childhood neighbourhood stories improved recall of location details. After reading mapped stories about University ParkUniversity Park for 5–10 minutes, Group A showed nearly equal increases and decreases in sense of comfort and willingness to engage in conversations with a stranger but showed a 14% increase in willingness to patronise commercial establishments. Group B indicated a 40% improvement in the quantity of details recalled about their childhood neighbourhood after relating a story. These findings suggest that not only are personal stories likely to improve a sense of domain, but stories of local heritage can also improve willingness to engage in common interests of a neighbourhood, particularly related to provisioning. From a city management approach, oral historiesOral history may prove a factor in retaining both newcomer and situated residents alike.