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Citizen Survey HighlightsCitizen Survey HighlightsMarch 2011
Survey conducted by: National Research Center, Inc. • 3005 30th St. • Boulder, CO 80301 • (303) 4447863 • www.nrc.com
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Overall Quality of CommunityQ y y
Scottsdale as a place to live 96%p
Overall Quality of life in Scottsdale 94% All much above the national
Percent
Neighborhood as a place to live 91%benchmarks
Percent “excellent” or “good” Remain in Scottsdale for the
next five years
Would recommend living inScottsdale to someone who asks
92%96%Compared to 2006 Survey
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Economic Sustainabilityy
Overall Quality of businesses89%
Shopping opportunities 93%
Overall Quality of businessesand service establishments
89%
Scottsdale as aplace to work
84%All much above the national benchmarks
Employment opportunities 51%
place to work be c a s
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Land Use and Zoningg
94%O ll f
2010 2006
87%
76%
94%Overall appearance of Scottsdale
76%Overall quality of new development in Scottsdale
All much above the national
59%
72%Code enforcement
the national benchmarks
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%Percent of respondents
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Public Safetyy
Neighborhood Downtown From Violent Crime
All above or much above the national benchmarks
98% 91%
Duringthe day
88%
73%85%Afterdark
From Property Crime
83%
Felt “very” or “somewhat” safe
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Public Trust
92%Overall image orreputation of Scottsdale
Much Above
h ll d h
74%Value of services for the taxes paid to Scottsdale
Much Above
64%The overall direction that Scottsdale is taking Above
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Transportationp
Ease of walking 73% Much AboveAbove
Ease of car travel 69% Much Above
Ease of bicycle travel 68% Much
Above
Traffic flowon major streets 57% Much
Above
Ease of bus travel 46% Similar
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Strengths & Opportunitiesg pp
Strengths
Excellent city services and responsive employees
Topranked businesses
A great place to live and retire
Strengths
employees
Opportunities
Openness and acceptance of diversity
Drinking Water
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