It seems 1/2 of all Americans want to relocate. That's a start I guess in getting this housing market jump started. You gotta have a desire. Turns out Pew Research did a survey on where people would like to live. The grass is still greener on the other side as nearly half surveyed would rather live elsewhere.
So who likes what city?
Men like Vegas more than women.
Boston: you better have coin as mostly the affluent would rather live in Bean Town.
New York/ LA: Youth is it. 57% of urban dwellers younger than 30 say the city is where they want to live.
Denver/San Diego/Seattle: Youth!
Mickie D's or Starbucks: Gotta have the Golden Arches nearby.
Denver/Phoenix/Orlando/San Antonio:Republicans
San Francisco: Half of those who identified themselves as liberal would rather live here.
The top favored cities and the least favorite matched the nations migration habits. As Americans favor the South and West.
10 most popular big cities -- Denver, San Diego, Seattle, San
Francisco, Phoenix, Portland and Sacramento -- are in the West, and the
other three -- Orlando, Tampa and San Antonio -- are in the South.
Other interesting tidbits:
- The perfect 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. A similarly lopsided majority prefer a place where neighbors know each other well to one where neighbors don't generally know each other's business.
- By about two-to-one, they prefer to live in a hot-weather place over a cold-weather place.
- When it comes to community involvement, there is no difference among those who live in cities, suburbs, small towns or rural areas. About half of the residents in each place say they are involved, and half say they aren't.
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