The Grass is Always Greener on the Other Side
Posted on | April 7, 2009 | 1 Comment
A recent American survey on social and demographic trends completed by The Pew Research Center- a non-partisan U.S. think tank – finds that almost half of the American public would rather live in a different type of community than the one they are currently living in now … a sentiment that is most prevalent among city dwellers.
Other findings include:
- Americans are all over the map in their views about their ideal community type: 30% say they would most like to live in a small town, 25% in a suburb, 23% in a city and 21% in a rural area.
- By a ratio of more than three-to-one, Americans prefer living where the pace of life is slow, not fast.
Although this study seems to reaffirm the ideal that the grass is always greener on the other side … will developers or planners take these types of preferences into consideration when projecting future residential areas? And should they?
The full report is available here.
So … where would you live?
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April 7th, 2009 @ 2:04 pm
[...] The Rurban Fringe put an intriguing blog post on The Grass is Always Greener on the Other SideHere’s a quick excerptA recent American survey on social and demographic trends completed by The Pew Research Center – a non-partisan U.S. think tank – finds that almost half of the American public would rather live in a different type of community than the one they are currently living in now … a sentiment that is most prevalent among city dwellers. Other findings include: Americans are all over the map in their views about their ideal community type: 30% say they would most like to live in a small town, [...]