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Ninety-four percent were'`satisfied�' �tiith thcir neighborizood as a place ta Ei��e. Seti�ent�-t«o <br />percent were "very satisiied," ��hile only five percent reported "dissatisfaction.� <br />Forty-four percent defined the quality of their ncighborhaod in terms of'`the qualit}� of things <br />such as schools, churches, parks, and other services.�' T�venty-two percent saw it as "tlze <br />friendships I have with the people who live thcre.'' Twenty-eight percent dcfined it as "the <br />feeling that I'm living among people tike myself whether I know them or not." Sixty percent <br />"had real roots in my neighborhood," while twenty-five percent disagreed. <br />Seventy percent felt "their rzeighbors are pretty much like themseives." �I'wenty-four percent saw <br />"their neighbors as quite different from them." Sixty-five percent had noted "no changc" in the <br />types of people who lived in thcir neighborhood in recent years. Nineteen percent felt it had <br />"changed for the better," while only seven percent thought it had "changed for thc worse." <br />Fifty percent saw "no change" in the desirability of their ncighborhood as a place to live in t�e <br />past few years. Thirty-five percent felt it was "more desirablc," while eleven percent saw it as <br />"less desirable." Criticisms stexnmed from "growth," at eight percent, and "rnore low incomc <br />housing," at six percent. <br />Residents were particularly positive about their area of Roseville as a piace to live. Very high <br />ratings were posted for "general appearance and livability," "resale valuc of homes," "s±reet <br />maintenance," `iconvenience of shopping areas," "convenience to their place of warship," "safen• <br />from violent personal crime," and "a place to raise children." Above average negative scores <br />were given on "bus service," "freedotr� from exeessive noise," "a place to purchase a starter <br />home," "a place to purchase lu�cury housir�g," and "available health care facilitics." <br />Sixty-five percent, a five percent increase sir_ce the 1990 study, felt they could have a say about <br />thc way things were run in this community_ Twenty-three percent felt they could not. "f'hose <br />critics felt "the City aoes not listen," "it ignored issues," and "renters have little say." <br />34 <br />