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#¨³¸®¥,®´¨²µ¨««¤#¨³¨¹¤­3´±µ¤¸ <br />- ¸wuvw <br />CommunityCharacteristics <br />Awidevarietyofcharacteristicscontributetohowresidentsviewandexperiencetheircity. <br />IntheLouisvillesurvey,respondentswereaskedtoevaluatethequalityof24specific <br />characteristicsoftheircity. <br />Likeratingsofoverallqualityoflife,residentgenerallygavehighmarkstothese24 <br />characteristicsofLouisville.Ninein10ormoreresidentssaidthattheoverallimageor <br />reputationofLouisville(98%),senseofcommunity(92%),easeofwalking(92%),qualityof <br />overallnaturalenvironment(92%),recreationalopportunities(90%),,®´¨²µ¨««¤ <br />²overall <br />appearance(89%),easeofbicycletravel(89%),easeofcartravel(89%)andairquality(89%) <br />was¤·¢¤««¤­³or¦®®£(Seethetableonthefollowingpage.) <br />Formostothercharacteristics,8in10respondentsratedthemasatleast¦®®£Four <br />characteristics(availabilityofaffordablequalitychildcare,easeofbustravel,varietyof <br />housingoptionsandopportunitiestoattendculturalactivities)wereratedas¤·¢¤««¤­³or <br />¦®®£byatleast6outof10respondents.Whileonlyhalforfewerofrespondentsfeltthat <br />theshoppingopportunities(53%),availabilityofaffordablequalityhousing(42%)and <br />employmentopportunities(39%)were¤·¢¤««¤­³or¦®®£ <br />that20%ormoreofrespondentssaid£®­ <br />³ª­®¶whenratingthefollowing <br />Pleasenote <br />characteristics:opportunitiestovolunteer,opportunitiestoparticipateinspecialeventand <br />communityactivities,employmentopportunities,availabilityofaffordablequalitychildcare, <br />availabilityofaffordablequalityhousing,availabilityofpreventivehealthservicesandease <br />ofbustravelinLouisville.Thepercentagesreportedabove(andinthetableonthenext <br />page)donotincludethosewhoresponded£®­ <br />³ª­®¶Forafullsetofresponses <br />including£®­ <br />³ª­®¶þsee AppendixA:CompleteSetofFrequencies. <br />Allcommunitycharacteristicswerecomparedtothenationalbenchmarkandallwererated <br />higherthanthenationalaverage.Most(22)wereratedas¬´¢§ ¡®µ¤thenational <br />benchmark,whileshoppingopportunitiesandtheavailabilityofaffordablequalityhousing <br />wereratedas ¡®µ¤thenationalbenchmark. <br />ComparisonstotheFrontRangebenchmarkswerepositiveoverall.Thesame22 <br />characteristicswereratedas¬´¢§ ¡®µ¤thenationalbenchmarkalsowere¬´¢§ <br /> ¡®µ¤theFrontRangeaverage.However,shoppingopportunitieswererated¡¤«®¶the <br />FrontRangebenchmarkandtheavailabilityofaffordablequalityhousingreceivedarating <br />thatwas²¨¬¨« ±totheFrontRangebenchmark. <br />vx <br />