Living in Las Vegas appeals more to men than women. Affluent adults are twice as likely as poorer folks to want to live in Boston. Young people like big cities such as New York and Los Angeles. More Americans would rather live in a place with more McDonald’s than one with more Starbucks. TELL US: Where would you live if you could? Those are some of the findings of a Pew Research Center survey out today on where Americans would most like to live. Whether they favor cities, suburbs or the countryside, almost half wish they lived somewhere else, the report found. City dwellers are more likely to dream of living somewhere else, and men in rural areas are far happier living there than women. ‘There are some more fundamental differences between men and women,’ says Rich Morin, senior editor of the Pew Research Center survey. ‘Different cities seem to appeal to different partisan ideological groups. ¦ People who are drawn to cities are typically younger people.’ Denver, San Diego and Seattle are the top picks of the 30 largest metropolitan areas. Denver is the favorite city among Republicans, and it also rates well with Democrats […]
Friday, January 30th, 2009
Pew: Almost Half of Americans Want to Live Somewhere Else
Author: HAYA EL NASSER
Source: USA TODAY
Publication Date: 29-Jan-09
Link: Pew: Almost Half of Americans Want to Live Somewhere Else
Source: USA TODAY
Publication Date: 29-Jan-09
Link: Pew: Almost Half of Americans Want to Live Somewhere Else
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