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of Louisville Citizen S <br />August 2008 <br />Survey Results <br />Quality of Life and .Community <br />Several questions on the 2008 survey assessed resident's opinions about the quality of life in <br />Louisville, the quality of a variety of commurury characteristics and safety in the city. This <br />information can be used for local governments to determine the overall climate of the community. <br />Quality of Life <br />The first set of questions asked respondents to rate different aspects of quality of life as well as the <br />overall quality of life in Louisville. Nearly all respondents felt that Louisville was an "excellent" or <br />"good" place to live (98%) and raise children (97%), and that the overall quality of life in Louisville <br />was at least "good" (97%). Nine in 10 residents said that their neighborhood was an "excellent" or <br />"good" place to live (92%). Slightly fewer respondents rated Louisville as a place to retire and <br />Louisville as a place to work as "good" or better (79% and 66%, respectively). Please note that a <br />high proportion of respondents selected "donn't know" when rating the quality of Louisville as a <br />place to work (33%) and as a place to retire (23%). Percentages reported in the body of the report <br />are for those who had an opinion. For a full set of responses including "don't know," please see <br />Appendix B: Complete Set of Frequencies. <br />Comparisons of Louisville's quality of life ratings were made to jurisdictions across the nation as <br />well as to those in the Front Range. Louisville received high marks for all aspects of quality of life, <br />with ratings above those given nationally and in the Front Range. <br />Table 1: Aspects of Quality of Life <br />Please circle the number <br />that comes closest to your <br />opinion about the quality of ' ', National Front Range <br />life in Louisville: 'Excellent Good Fair 'Poor ' Total comparison comparison <br />How do you rate Louisville <br />as a place to live? <br />How do you rate Louisville <br />as a place to raise children? <br />How do you rate your <br />neighborhood as a place to <br />66% 32'% ' 2% ' 0% ' 100% <br />66% 31 % 2% 1 % 100%° <br />live? _ __ _ 53% <br />How do you rate Louisville <br />as a place to retire? 37% <br />_.. <br />How do you rate Louisville <br />asap-ace to work? 26% <br />39% ', 7% ' 1 % ' 100% <br />43.% ' 18% 3% ' 100% <br />Above Above <br />Above Above <br />Above Above <br />Above ' Above <br />40% ' 24% ' 10% 100% Above Above <br />How do you rate the overall <br />quality of life in Louisville? 58% 39% ' 3% ' 0% ' 100% Above Above <br />of Results <br />U <br />C <br />a~ <br />c <br />a~ <br />U <br />t <br />a~ <br />0 <br />.ro <br />Z <br />0 <br />0 <br />N <br />0 <br />8 <br />