Preliminary Survey...The City
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | ||
| 1 | Come from a community of | |||||
| a <10,000 | 14% | 33% | 17% | 19% | 32% | |
| b <500,000 | 40% | 50% | 50% | 47% | 32% | |
| c 500,000> | 45% | 17% | 33% | 34% | 17% | |
| 2 | After graduation, expect to live in community of | |||||
| < 100,000 | 15% | 24% | 8% | 5% | 11% | |
| <500,000 | 28% | 44% | 39% | 42% | 21% | |
| 500,000 | 55% | 33% | 53% | 53% | 42% | |
| 3 | Would like to go to: | |||||
| Hamburg, Lyon, Turin | 4% | 8% | 5% | 7% | 0% | |
| Paris, Berlin, Rome | 84% | 68% | 54% | 60% |
53% | |
| Alps, Pyrennes, Apennines | 5% | 15% | 41% | 28% | 32% | |
| Andorra, Monaco, San Marino | 6% | 9% | 0% | 6% | 15% | |
| 4 | Like most about cities: | |||||
| High culure (opera, art galleries) | 23% | 25% | 23% | 21% | 26% | |
| Pop culture (however you understand it) | 13% | 11% | 5% | 10% | 0% | |
| Close encounters with locals | 21% | 22% | 26% | 28% | 11% | |
| the street, cafe and bar scene | 41% | 42% | 46% | 51% | 47% | |
| 5 | Like least | |||||
| congestion, traffic, rudeness | 39% | 47% | 46% | 38% | 32% | |
| high prices | 20% | 22% | 19% | 32% | 58% | |
| having to visit the temples of high culture | 4% | 28% | 2% | 20% | 0% | |
| not knowing my way around | 34% | 3% | 33% | 10% | 0% | |
| 6 | chances of leading the 'good life' improve in | |||||
| city | 47% | 47% | 51% | 50% | 47% | |
| country | 13% | 17% | 5% | 9% | 5% | |
| small town | 36% | 28% | 44% | 41% | 42% | |
| 7 | chances of achieving financial security improve in | |||||
| city | 78% | 88% | 72% | 81% | 95% | |
| country | 3% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 0% | |
| small town | 19% | 12% | 28% | 15% | 10% | |
| 8 | Innovation more likely in city because | |||||
| urbanites more receptive to new ideas | 6% | 8% | 0% | 12% | 5% | |
| urbanites have more resources to invest | 33% | 39% | 55% | 60% | 32% | |
| urbanites better educated | 6% | 9% | 3% | 11% | 5% | |
| urbanites more tolerant of innovation | 54% | 44% | 42% | 17% | 47% | |
| 9 | City air is liberating | |||||
| strongly agree | 23% | 25% | 10% | 25% | 5% | |
| moderately agree | 30% | 33% | 70% | 60% | 63% | |
| neutral | 21% | 20% | 13% | 12% | 32% | |
| moderately disagree | 12% | 11% | 7% | 13% | 0% | |
| strongly disagree | 10% | 10% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| 10 | To save the environment we need to... | |||||
| exercise voluntary constraint | 39% | 26% | 24% | 15% | 42% | |
| criminalize waste and overconsumption | 13% | 15% | 14% | 25% | 26% | |
| support science to find a solution | 36% | 40% | 53% | 32% | 16% | |
| allow prices to rise to discourage consumption | 6% | 9% | 3% | 15% | 10% | |
| introduce rationing | 4% | 11% | 6% | 13% | 0% | |