This statistic shows the results of a survey among Americans in 2001 and 2018 on their preference regarding the type of place to live. In 2001, 8 percent of respondents stated they would prefer to live in a big city; in 2018, 12 percent of respondents said the same.
If you could live anywhere you wished, where would you prefer to live?
The original question was posed as follows. "if you could live anywhere you wished, where would you prefer to live -- in a big city, small city, suburb of a big city, suburb of a small city, town, or rural area?"
* October 19-21, 2001
November 13-18, 2018.
** In 2018. The source does not provide the exact number of respondents for 2001.
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Gallup. (December 8, 2018). If you could live anywhere you wished, where would you prefer to live? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 20, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/967001/americans-preferred-places-to-live/
Gallup. "If you could live anywhere you wished, where would you prefer to live?." Chart. December 8, 2018. Statista. Accessed September 20, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/967001/americans-preferred-places-to-live/
Gallup. (2018). If you could live anywhere you wished, where would you prefer to live?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 20, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/967001/americans-preferred-places-to-live/
Gallup. "If You Could Live Anywhere You Wished, Where Would You Prefer to Live?." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Dec 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/967001/americans-preferred-places-to-live/
Gallup, If you could live anywhere you wished, where would you prefer to live? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/967001/americans-preferred-places-to-live/ (last visited September 20, 2024)
If you could live anywhere you wished, where would you prefer to live? [Graph], Gallup, December 8, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/967001/americans-preferred-places-to-live/
