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    May 15, 2018
    5. Americans’ satisfaction with and attachment to their communities

    Relatively few adults who grew up in rural or suburban areas but moved away are now living in a city

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    Relatively few adults who grew up in rural or suburban areas but moved away are now living in a city

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    5. Americans’ satisfaction with and attachment to their communities

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    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

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