new york city livability survey 2012

7/31/2019 New York City Livability Survey 2012

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The MAS Survey on Livability

Supported by The Rockefeller FoundationConducted by the Marist Institute for Public Opinion


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Overall, are you very satisfied, satisfied,not very satisfied, or not at all satisfiedwith New York City as a place to live?

Satisfaction with Living in New York

30%

54%

12%

3%

2010 2011

84% 84% 84%2012

Not at allsatisfied

Not very

satisfied

Satisfied

Very

satisfied

*Presents percentage reporting very satisfied/satisfied


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Overall, are you very satisfied, satisfied,not very satisfied, or not at all satisfiedwith your neighborhood as a place to live?

Satisfaction with Neighborhoods

34%

50%

12%

4%

2010 2011

84% 84%

84%2012

Not at allsatisfied

Not very

satisfied

Satisfied

Very

satisfied

*Presents percentage reporting very satisfied/satisfied


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42%New

businesses55%

Threats to Livability


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4

Which one of the following do you feel is the biggest threatto your being able to live happily in NYC:*

Threats to Livability

*6% saidsomething else,or all

22%

Employmentopportunities

21%Safety

19%

Housing

options

19%

Cost of goods

and services

3%

Open

space

9%

Quality of

public services


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5

Please tell me if you think it is a top priority, important but not atop priority, or not a priority for New York City to invest in each ofthe following:*

Assessing Priorities

Being a city with majoruniversities and high

quality colleges

63%Developing world-class

airports to maintainits reputation as an air

transportation hub

37%

Creating a world-classground transportationhub, that is subways,

trains, and roads

61%Making sure

neighborhoodshave a blend of old,

historic landmarkswith new buildings

33%

*Presents percentage reporting top priority


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42%New

businesses55%

Preservation


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7

Which of the followingstatements comes closestto your view:

A Perfect Combination of Old and New

10%

Not enough older buildingsin my neighborhood

67%

Good balance of older buildingsand new development

23%

Too many older buildings andnot enough new development


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42%New

businesses55%

Vibrancy


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Please tell me if you would rate the parks andpublic spaces in your neighborhoodas excellent, good, fair, or poor?

Parks

Excellent/Good

61%

Fair/Poor36%

Most common reasons for fair or poor rating:

Inconvenient location/not in neighborhood: 21%

Too crowded 18%

Not clean/outdated 16%

Not safe 15%

Not enough to do/places to sit 13%

Have not been totheir neighborhoodpark in the past 12

months at all

15%


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10

Please tell me if you would rate your neighborhood asbeing a place to experience culture, such as museums, andthe arts as excellent, good, fair, or poor?

Experiencing the Arts

Most common reasons for fair or poor rating:

Inconvenient location 52%

Does not exist in neighborhood 24%

Not interested in activities 13%

Too expensive 5%

Not safe 3%

Have notexperienced

culture in theirneighborhood in

the past 12months at all

58%

Fair/

Poor

48%

Excellent/Good

38%


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42%New

businesses55%

Borough Bests


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Queens25%

Bronx8%

Brooklyn24%

Staten Island9%

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For each of the following, please tellme which borough of New York Citycomes to mind:

Boroughs Going for Gold

Is the best place to live?Manhattan

28%

Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island


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Queens12%

Bronx8%

Brooklyn21%

Staten Island4%

13



Is the best place to start a new

company or business?


Manhattan

44%


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Queens4%

Bronx3%

Brooklyn23%

Staten Island2%

14



Is the most artistic or creative?


Manhattan

62%


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Queens

25%

Bronx13%

Brooklyn18%

Staten Island10%

15

For each of the following, pleasetell me which borough of New YorkCity comes to mind:


Is the best value for the money?

Manhattan24%



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42%Newbusinesses

55%

Optimism


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Outlook

Overall, thinking about thefuture of life in New YorkCity, are you:

very optimistic,optimistic,pessimistic, orvery pessimistic?*

Optimistic:

76%

2011 2012

Optimistic:

81%

*Presents percentage reporting very optimistic/optimistic


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The MAS Survey on Livability

Supported by The Rockefeller FoundationConducted by the Marist Institute for Public Opinion

new york city livability survey 2012

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