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containing children and Precincts Four. Fi�•e. Six and Se��en resic#ents. Statemen[ C�.as offercd <br />by city residents for over twenty ye�r5, empt�� nesters. o�'er ��0,000.00 annual inconze <br />households and Precincts One, 1���-o and Three residents. <br />Overall, interpersonal aspects of the cammunity ���ere some��hat more important to residents tf�an <br />physical characteristics of the local az'ea. <br />Nei hborhood Roots <br />Respondents were asked: <br />Which of �these two statements come closer to your <br />feeling.s? <br />A. I have real rvots in my own neigh6orhoad. <br />B. It's just a place to live, I'd be just as happy <br />elsewhere. <br />Sixty perccnt stated "I have real roots in my own neighborhood:" <br />STATEiWIENT A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64% <br />STATEMENT B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25% <br />NONE OF THE ABOVE . . . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ? 3% <br />DON'T KNOW/REFUSED . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2% <br />Twenty-five percent said their neighborhood was ` just a place to live; I'd be just as happy <br />elsewhere." <br />Statement A was reported even more frequently by city residents for over twenty years, <br />households containing seniors, over sixty-five year oids, owners of homes valued at $100,00Q.00 <br />to $150,000.00, women and residents who feel the quality of life is excelient. Statement B v�•as <br />offered by city residents for five years or less, eighteen to forty-four year olds, renters, men and <br />residents who feel the quality of life is good or only fair. <br />Nei hbors <br />Residents were initially asked: <br />In terms of general ltfestyle, do you think that most of <br />your neighbors are pretty much like you, or are they <br />quite dif.ferenl from you? <br />The vast majority, seventy percent, felt thcir neighbors were "pretty much like them:" <br />21 <br />