Survey Results
Question 7:
In order to improve the overall quality of life in both your community and the whole metropolitan area, which THREE issues do you think should receive the most attention from local and regional leaders over the next five years?
There were some significant differences among the metros when asked to identify key issues for community leaders to address in the next five years. (See Question 7 data for list of issues)
Top Issues in Your Community:
Kansas City’s concern for crime remains evident, as it was ranked the number one issue for leaders to address. Minneapolis-St. Paul also ranked crime as its top issue.
Both St. Louis and Denver had public schools ranked highest, while Minneapolis ranked them second and Kansas City third in priority.
Housing affordability, traffic congestion and energy efficiency were issues that were in each metro’s top 10.
Kansas City - Your Community
Denver - Your Community
Minneapolis-St. Paul - Your Community
St. Louis - Your Community
Top Issues in the Metropolitan Area:
Crime and public schools are region-wide concerns in metro areas across the nation, and those concerns are certainly reflected in the responses to this question.
Crime is the biggest metro-wide concern in all peer metros except Denver. Kansas City respondents chose crime as one of the region’s top concerns nearly 50 percent of the time, the highest of all metros. Public schools was second in all except Denver, where they were first. Again, housing affordability, traffic congestion and energy efficiency were issues that were in each metro’s top 10.
Kansas City - Metro Area as a Whole
Denver - Metro Area as a Whole
Minneapolis-St. Paul - Metro Area as a Whole
St. Louis - Metro Area as a Whole
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