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5. Americans’ satisfaction with and attachment to their communities
Rural adults are more likely than urban and suburban counterparts to live near at least some family members
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- 5. Americans’ satisfaction with and attachment to their communities
- In suburban and rural areas, whites more satisfied with life in their community than nonwhites
- Older adults, longtime residents feel stronger attachment to their local community
- Connections with neighbors strongly linked with community attachment among longtime residents
- About six-in-ten rural residents have lived in their community for more than a decade
- Roughly four-in-ten adults live in or near the community where they grew up
- Across community types, college-educated adults are less likely to currently live where they grew up
- Family is the most common reason people give for never leaving their community, or for coming back
- Rural adults are more likely than urban and suburban counterparts to live near at least some family members
- Relatively few adults who grew up in rural or suburban areas but moved away are now living in a city
- Rural residents less likely to want to move to a new community
- Among those who say they’d like to move, urban residents most likely to choose a different type of community
- For the most part, what people are looking for in a community doesn’t vary by community type
- Nonwhites and Democrats place a higher premium on diversity in their community