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Question 6:
Next, we'd like you to think about what makes a great place to live. How would you rate the performance of both your community and the whole metropolitan area in dealing with each of the issues below?

A. Job and income growth
B. Life science-based economic development
C. Energy efficiency — electricity and gasoline
D. Protecting the natural environment
E. Public school funding/quality (K-12)
F. Cost/quality of early learning programs (pre-K)
G. Crime
H. Terrorism
I. Dealing with natural disasters, like floods, tornadoes, winter storms and wild fires
J. Race relations, racial inequality
K. Housing affordability
L. Choice of housing styles and prices
M. Traffic congestion
N. Road maintenance
O. Traffic safety
P. Ability of individuals to influence public decisions
Q. Health care quality and access
R. Downtown redevelopment
S. Quality and availability of public transportation — buses or rail
T. Poverty
U. Availability of housing for low-income residents
V. Higher education quality/research capacity
W. Sprawl
X. Quality of arts and cultural amenities
Y. Quality of sports facilities

Kansas City Area:
	Rate Your Community				Rate the Metro
	Poor	Fair	Good	Excel.	Poor	Fair	Good	Excel.
Job and income growth	80	195	358	128	58	182	384	75
	10.5%	25.6%	47.0%	16.8%	8.3%	26.0%	54.9%	10.7%
Economic development	72	181	315	71	47	180	304	56
	11.3%	28.3%	49.3%	11.1%	8.0%	30.7%	51.8%	9.5%
Energy efficiency	127	283	307	56	121	284	251	43
	16.4%	36.6%	39.7%	7.2%	17.3%	40.6%	35.9%	6.2%
Protecting natural environment	92	245	337	80	106	302	243	36
	12.2%	32.5%	44.7%	10.6%	15.4%	44.0%	35.4%	5.2%
Public school funding	103	189	249	179	173	250	171	41
	14.3%	26.3%	34.6%	24.9%	27.2%	39.4%	26.9%	6.5%
Cost/quality of early learning	67	127	246	127	92	168	195	51
	11.8%	22.4%	43.4%	22.4%	18.2%	33.2%	38.5%	10.1%
Crime	164	224	255	147	303	294	99	22
	20.8%	28.4%	32.3%	18.6%	42.2%	40.9%	13.8%	3.1%
Terrorism	51	100	283	192	63	142	246	122
	8.1%	16.0%	45.2%	30.7%	11.0%	24.8%	42.9%	21.3%
Natural disasters	33	145	381	152	43	158	353	112
	4.6%	20.4%	53.6%	21.4%	6.5%	23.7%	53.0%	16.8%
Race relations	98	247	331	108	124	288	250	47
	12.5%	31.5%	42.2%	13.8%	17.5%	40.6%	35.3%	6.6%
Housing affordability	83	213	374	128	83	221	318	73
	10.4%	26.7%	46.9%	16.0%	11.9%	31.8%	45.8%	10.5%
Choice of housing	80	176	379	145	70	191	348	71
	10.3%	22.6%	48.6%	18.6%	10.3%	28.1%	51.2%	10.4%
Traffic congestion	138	257	273	130	183	311	204	48
	17.3%	32.2%	34.2%	16.3%	24.5%	41.7%	27.3%	6.4%
Road maintenance	136	258	314	95	190	313	216	23
	16.9%	32.1%	39.1%	11.8%	25.6%	42.2%	29.1%	3.1%
Traffic safety	81	270	324	118	130	314	229	47
	10.2%	34.0%	40.9%	14.9%	18.1%	43.6%	31.8%	6.5%
Influence public decisions	107	204	304	63	106	248	220	34
	15.8%	30.1%	44.8%	9.3%	17.4%	40.8%	36.2%	5.6%
Health care quality	91	138	335	223	79	143	332	137
	11.6%	17.5%	42.6%	28.3%	11.4%	20.7%	48.0%	19.8%
Downtown redevelopment	74	219	304	97	64	200	307	88
	10.7%	31.6%	43.8%	14.0%	9.7%	30.3%	46.6%	13.4%
Public transportation	238	229	171	67	151	221	207	61
	33.8%	32.5%	24.3%	9.5%	23.6%	34.5%	32.3%	9.5%
Poverty	121	277	213	88	159	328	148	13
	17.3%	39.6%	30.5%	12.6%	24.5%	50.6%	22.8%	2.0%
Low income housing	116	285	199	57	101	279	186	28
	17.7%	43.4%	30.3%	8.7%	17.0%	47.0%	31.3%	4.7%
Higher education	59	130	310	195	53	139	313	143
	8.5%	18.7%	44.7%	28.1%	8.2%	21.5%	48.3%	22.1%
Sprawl	69	146	310	70	73	182	252	49
	11.6%	24.5%	52.1%	11.8%	13.1%	32.7%	45.3%	8.8%
Quality of arts	73	197	337	80	41	181	342	97
	10.6%	28.7%	49.1%	11.6%	6.2%	27.4%	51.7%	14.7%
Quality of sports facilities	57	168	344	152	51	150	362	128
	7.9%	23.3%	47.7%	21.1%	7.4%	21.7%	52.4%	18.5%

 

Denver Area:
	Rate Your Community				Rate the Metro
	Poor	Fair	Good	Excel.	Poor	Fair	Good	Excel.
Job and income growth	21	68	131	32	22	60	116	37
	8.3%	27.0%	52.0%	12.7%	9.4%	25.5%	49.4%	15.7%
Economic development	14	53	119	47	11	53	116	41
	6.0%	22.7%	51.1%	20.2%	5.0%	24.0%	52.5%	18.6%
Energy efficiency	43	88	114	21	32	90	107	18
	16.2%	33.1%	42.9%	7.9%	13.0%	36.4%	43.3%	7.3%
Protecting natural environment	17	87	108	51	17	81	106	37
	6.5%	33.1%	41.1%	19.4%	7.1%	33.6%	44.0%	15.4%
Public school funding	27	79	93	36	27	80	85	25
	11.5%	33.6%	39.6%	15.3%	12.4%	36.9%	39.2%	11.5%
Cost/quality of early learning	24	67	76	20	16	67	65	18
	12.8%	35.8%	40.6%	10.7%	9.6%	40.4%	39.2%	10.8%
Crime	26	70	110	60	31	85	85	41
	9.8%	26.3%	41.4%	22.6%	12.8%	35.1%	35.1%	16.9%
Terrorism	20	33	85	94	19	33	79	86
	8.6%	14.2%	36.6%	40.5%	8.8%	15.2%	36.4%	39.6%
Natural disasters	12	42	112	76	13	44	109	65
	5.0%	17.4%	46.3%	31.4%	5.6%	19.0%	47.2%	28.1%
Race relations	21	59	122	49	21	57	118	39
	8.4%	23.5%	48.6%	19.5%	8.9%	24.3%	50.2%	16.6%
Housing affordability	44	109	97	18	38	107	92	15
	16.4%	40.7%	36.2%	6.7	15.1%	42.5%	36.5%	6.0%
Choice of housing	30	89	110	31	32	90	97	27
	11.5%	34.2%	42.3%	11.9%	13.0%	36.6%	39.4%	11.0%
Traffic congestion	70	76	99	21	81	77	72	19
	26.3%	28.6%	37.2%	7.9%	32.5%	30.9%	28.9%	7.6%
Road maintenance	33	73	123	38	38	72	113	27
	12.4%	27.3%	46.1%	14.2%	15.2%	28.8%	45.2%	10.8%
Traffic safety	34	56	145	28	37	55	127	26
	12.9%	21.3%	55.1%	10.6%	15.1%	22.4%	51.8%	10.6%
Influence public decisions	27	85	97	26	24	77	98	22
	11.5%	36.2%	41.3%	11.1%	10.9%	34.8%	44.3%	10.0%
Health care quality	25	42	141	55	23	45	121	48
	9.5%	16.0%	53.6%	20.9%	9.7%	19.0%	51.1%	20.3%
Downtown redevelopment	11	34	110	74	7	28	109	73
	4.8%	14.8%	48.0%	32.3%	3.2%	12.9%	50.2%	33.6%
Public transportation	15	72	112	51	10	70	104	53
	6.0%	28.8%	44.8%	20.4%	4.2%	29.5%	43.9%	22.4%
Poverty	29	90	92	29	28	90	89	21
	12.1%	37.5%	38.3%	12.1%	12.3%	39.5%	39.0%	9.2%
Low income housing	41	95	72	22	30	89	67	19
	17.8%	41.3%	31.3%	9.6%	14.6%	43.4%	32.7%	9.3%
Higher education	16	53	130	51	12	57	115	50
	6.4%	21.2%	52.0%	20.4%	5.1%	24.4%	49.1%	21.4%
Sprawl	33	66	111	30	33	73	95	24
	13.8%	27.5%	46.3%	12.5%	14.7%	32.4%	42.2%	10.7%
Quality of arts	12	42	131	61	8	32	129	68
	4.9%	17.1%	53.3%	24.8%	3.4%	13.5%	54.4%	28.7%
Quality of sports facilities	7	26	107	106	6	20	102	97
	2.8%	10.6%	43.5%	43.1%	2.7%	8.9%	45.3%	43.1%

 

Minneapolis - St. Paul Area:
	Rate Your Community				Rate the Metro
	Poor	Fair	Good	Excel.	Poor	Fair	Good	Excel.
Job & income growth	16	65	114	59	11	57	120	58
	6.3%	25.6%	44.9%	23.2%	4.5%	23.2%	48.8%	23.6%
Economic development	11	62	110	51	7	64	104	48
	4.7%	26.5%	47.0%	21.8%	3.1%	28.7%	46.6%	21.5%
Energy efficiency	31	83	105	42	28	76	103	38
	11.9%	31.8%	40.2%	16.1%	11.4%	31.0%	42.0%	15.5%
Protecting natural environment	14	50	127	71	14	68	115	51
	5.3%	19.1%	48.5%	27.1%	5.6%	27.4%	46.4%	20.6%
Public school funding	22	60	83	72	25	86	71	40
	9.3%	25.3%	35.0%	30.4%	11.3%	38.7%	32.0%	18.0%
Cost/quality of early learning	16	59	78	59	17	65	71	34
	7.5%	27.8%	36.8%	27.8%	9.1%	34.8%	38.0%	18.2%
Crime	43	72	88	69	53	108	77	22
	15.8%	26.5%	32.4%	25.4%	20.4%	41.5%	29.6%	8.5%
Terrorism	16	45	80	94	11	52	91	70
	6.8%	19.1%	34.0%	40.0%	4.9%	23.2%	40.6%	31.3%
Natural disasters	8	44	98	109	6	38	110	95
	3.1%	17.0%	37.8%	42.1%	2.4%	15.3%	44.2%	38.2%
Race relations	18	74	126	48	25	104	100	27
	6.8%	27.8%	47.4%	18.0%	9.8%	40.6%	39.1%	10.5%
Housing affordability	44	88	94	43	37	98	93	26
	16.4%	32.7%	34.9%	16.0%	14.6%	38.6%	36.6%	10.2%
Choice of housing	29	72	118	42	27	75	105	42
	11.1%	27.6%	45.2%	16.1%	10.8%	30.1%	42.2%	16.9%
Traffic congestion	52	88	90	44	64	98	85	19
	19.0%	32.1%	32.8%	16.1%	24.1%	36.8%	32.0%	7.1%
Road maintenance	34	62	121	56	37	100	101	26
	12.5%	22.7%	44.3%	20.5%	14.0%	37.9%	38.3%	9.8%
Traffic safety	12	61	127	70	18	88	108	47
	4.4%	22.6%	47.0%	25.9%	6.9%	33.7%	41.4%	18.0%
Influence public decisions	18	90	108	26	22	95	86	22
	7.4%	37.2%	44.6%	10.7%	9.8%	42.2%	38.2%	9.8%
Health care quality	11	41	124	93	14	41	126	74
	4.1%	15.2%	46.1%	34.6%	5.5%	16.1%	49.4%	29.0%
Downtown redevelopment	6	55	108	61	6	48	111	62
	2.6%	23.9%	47.0%	26.5%	2.6%	21.1%	48.9%	27.3%
Public transportation	30	83	93	52	21	68	106	53
	11.6%	32.2%	36.0%	20.2%	8.5%	27.4%	42.7%	21.4%
Poverty	24	98	109	22	30	128	76	8
	9.5%	38.7%	43.1%	8.7%	12.4%	52.9%	31.4%	3.3%
Low income housing	41	102	84	19	30	99	84	14
	16.7%	41.5%	34.1%	7.7%	13.2%	43.6%	37.0%	6.2%
Higher education	14	48	114	69	13	53	115	67
	5.7%	19.6%	46.5%	28.2%	5.2%	21.4%	46.4%	27.0%
Sprawl	13	66	111	44	12	79	99	33
	5.6%	28.2%	47.4%	18.8%	5.4%	35.4%	44.4%	14.8%
Quality of arts	7	50	96	92	7	35	95	101
	2.9%	20.4%	39.2%	37.6%	2.9%	14.7%	39.9%	42.4%
Quality of sports facilities	10	62	96	78	5	60	88	79
	4.1%	25.2%	39.0%	31.7%	2.2%	25.9%	37.9%	34.1%

 

St. Louis Area:
	Rate Your Community				Rate the Metro
	Poor	Fair	Good	Excel.	Poor	Fair	Good	Excel.
Job & income growth	13	64	73	37	9	44	93	25
	7.0%	34.2%	39.0%	19.8%	5.3%	25.7%	54.4%	14.6%
Economic development	7	52	83	22	5	46	81	17
	4.3%	31.7%	50.6%	13.4%	3.4%	30.9%	54.4%	11.4%
Energy efficiency	38	62	66	22	37	58	57	16
	20.2%	33.0%	35.1%	11.7%	22.0%	34.5%	33.9%	9.5%
Protecting natural environment	21	57	78	29	25	57	70	19
	11.4%	30.8%	42.2%	15.7%	14.6%	33.3%	40.9%	11.1%
Public school funding	21	38	68	41	23	53	56	19
	12.5%	22.6%	40.5%	24.4%	15.2%	35.1%	37.1%	12.6%
Cost/quality of early learning	14	40	59	32	17	47	45	21
	9.7%	27.6%	40.7%	22.1%	13.1%	36.2%	34.6%	16.2%
Crime	37	47	62	50	53	70	42	19
	18.9%	24.0%	31.6%	25.5%	28.8%	38.0%	22.8%	10.3%
Terrorism	8	32	64	63	10	34	67	41
	4.8%	19.2%	38.3%	37.7%	6.6%	22.4%	44.1%	27.0%
Natural disasters	6	33	76	60	9	34	76	49
	3.4%	18.9%	43.4%	34.3%	5.4%	20.2%	45.2%	29.2%
Race relations	14	53	88	33	23	68	67	17
	7.4%	28.2%	46.8%	17.6%	13.1%	38.9%	38.3%	9.7%
Housing affordability	20	55	85	34	25	60	65	24
	10.3%	28.4%	43.8%	17.5%	14.4%	34.5%	37.4%	13.8%
Choice of housing	17	60	78	35	16	71	55	27
	8.9%	31.6%	41.1%	18.4%	9.5%	42.0%	32.5%	16.0%
Traffic congestion	30	61	74	27	42	72	54	11
	15.6%	31.8%	38.5%	14.1%	23.5%	40.2%	30.2%	6.1%
Road maintenance	40	49	67	35	37	63	59	20
	20.9%	25.7%	35.1%	18.3%	20.7%	35.2%	33.0%	11.2%
Traffic safety	20	53	83	34	19	71	63	22
	10.5%	27.9%	43.7%	17.9%	10.9%	40.6%	36.0%	12.6%
Influence public decisions	19	56	61	24	22	49	61	16
	11.9%	35.0%	38.1%	15.0%	14.9%	33.1%	41.2%	10.8%
Health care quality	10	44	76	58	12	45	69	49
	5.3%	23.4%	40.4%	30.9%	6.9%	25.7%	39.4%	28.0%
Downtown redevelopment	12	41	76	34	10	43	72	33
	7.4%	25.2%	46.6%	20.9%	6.3%	27.2%	45.6%	20.9%
Public transportation	40	54	53	25	20	48	67	32
	23.3%	31.4%	30.8%	14.5%	12.0%	28.7%	40.1%	19.2%
Poverty	27	76	53	22	34	91	35	8
	15.2%	42.7%	29.8%	12.4%	20.2%	54.2%	20.8%	4.8%
Low income housing	26	57	63	14	19	64	49	11
	16.3%	35.6%	39.4%	8.8%	13.3%	44.8%	34.3%	7.7%
Higher education	10	31	93	44	8	37	78	38
	5.6%	17.4%	52.2%	24.7%	5.0%	23.0%	48.4%	23.6%
Sprawl	8	53	68	30	11	51	60	27
	5.0%	33.3%	42.8%	18.9%	7.4%	34.2%	40.3%	18.1%
Quality of arts	16	41	82	34	3	34	88	40
	9.2%	23.7%	47.4%	19.7%	1.8%	20.6%	53.3%	24.2%
Quality of sports facilities	12	37	79	52	2	25	89	52
	6.7%	20.6%	43.9%	28.9%	1.2%	14.9%	53.0%	31.0%

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