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By the Sea, by the Beautiful
Sea...The coasts are tops
as California and New York City are most popular places people would
choose to live, according to latest Harris Poll
ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Easy
access to the beach seems to be a key factor
in deciding which state people would choose
to live. According to a new Harris Poll,
California remains number 1 this year,
followed by Florida, which moved up from
number three and Hawaii, which has dropped
from number two. Florida has been in the top
three ever since this question was first
asked in 1997. When it comes to which city
people would live in, New York City comes in
as number one for the ninth time (out of the
last 10 opportunities), San Diego, CA moves
up one spot to second and Seattle, WA also
moves up one place to be the third most
popular city.
These are some of the results of The Harris
Poll®, a nationwide survey of 2,694 adults
conducted online between August 7 and 13,
2007 by Harris Interactive®.
The next most popular states in which people
would like to live are: North Carolina (#4,
remaining the same as last year); Colorado
(#5, moving up from #7); Texas (#6, dropping
from #5); New York (#7, moving up from #8);
Arizona (#8, moving up from #9); and Oregon
(#9, moving up from #10). Three states are
tied for the tenth spot on this list:
Washington (was #6 last year); Tennessee
(was #11 last year) and Virginia (was #12
last year).
Age plays a small role in the state people
would choose to live in. The top choice for
Baby Boomers (those aged 43-61) would be
Hawaii, while California is tops for the
other generations. For Echo Boomers (those
aged 18-30), Texas moves up and is their
number 2 choice. Generation Xers (those aged
31-42) and Matures (those 62 and older)
break ranks with their 5th spot; for Gen
Xers it is Pennsylvania and for Matures, the
number 5 position goes to Oregon.
Favorite U.S. Cities to Live In
After NYC, San Diego and Seattle, the trend
is to go West with one exception: San
Francisco, CA (which dropped from #2 to #4).
Las Vegas, NV remained the same as last year
(#5); while Orlando, FL (#6, jumping up from
#14), Honolulu, HI (#7, dropping from #6),
Phoenix, AZ (#8, moving up from tied for
#12), Denver, CO (tied for #9, dropping from
tied for #7) and Los Angeles, CA (tied for
#9, up from #11) all changed positions.
Returning to the list of the 15 top cities
this year are Charlotte, NC at #13 and
Miami, FL at #15. Dropping out of the top 15
are Atlanta, GA (tied for #7) and Nashville,
TN (#15).
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TABLE 1 |
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STATES WHERE MOST PEOPLE WOULD LIKE
TO LIVE - APART FROM THEIR OWN STATE
|
|
"If you could live in any state in
the country, except the state you
live in now, what state would you
choose to live in?" |
|
Base: All U.S. Adults
|
|
|
|
|
|
1997 |
|
1998 |
|
1999 |
|
2000 |
|
2001 |
|
2002 |
|
2003 |
|
2005 |
|
2006 |
|
2007 |
|
California |
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
2 |
|
5 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
Florida |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
2 |
|
2 |
|
2 |
|
3 |
|
2 |
|
Hawaii |
|
7 |
|
=7 |
|
=9 |
|
7 |
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
2 |
|
3 |
|
North Carolina |
|
6 |
|
4 |
|
4 |
|
3 |
|
7 |
|
5 |
|
8 |
|
=8 |
|
4 |
|
4 |
|
Colorado |
|
4 |
|
2 |
|
3 |
|
2 |
|
4 |
|
4 |
|
4 |
|
4 |
|
7 |
|
5 |
|
Texas |
|
10 |
|
=7 |
|
5 |
|
=10 |
|
12 |
|
14 |
|
7 |
|
=8 |
|
5 |
|
6 |
|
New York |
|
* |
|
=15 |
|
* |
|
=10 |
|
8 |
|
8 |
|
5 |
|
5 |
|
8 |
|
7 |
|
Arizona |
|
2 |
|
5 |
|
6 |
|
4 |
|
6 |
|
6 |
|
6 |
|
6 |
|
9 |
|
8 |
|
Oregon |
|
9 |
|
9 |
|
15 |
|
14 |
|
9 |
|
10 |
|
11 |
|
7 |
|
10 |
|
9 |
|
Washington |
|
8 |
|
12 |
|
8 |
|
6 |
|
5 |
|
9 |
|
10 |
|
11 |
|
6 |
|
=10 |
|
Tennessee |
|
5 |
|
6 |
|
13 |
|
15 |
|
10 |
|
7 |
|
* |
|
10 |
|
11 |
|
=10 |
|
Virginia |
|
14 |
|
11 |
|
=9 |
|
=8 |
|
=14 |
|
=12 |
|
9 |
|
12 |
|
12 |
|
=10 |
|
Georgia |
|
11 |
|
14 |
|
12 |
|
=8 |
|
13 |
|
15 |
|
14 |
|
13 |
|
13 |
|
13 |
|
Pennsylvania |
|
* |
|
* |
|
* |
|
* |
|
* |
|
* |
|
* |
|
* |
|
14 |
|
14 |
|
Alaska |
|
15 |
|
15 |
|
=9 |
|
13 |
|
=14 |
|
=12 |
|
15 |
|
14 |
|
* |
|
15 |
|
= Tied for that position
|
|
* Not in top 15. |
|
|
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RETURNING TO TOP 15 THIS YEAR
|
|
Alaska (#15) |
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DROPPED OUT OF TOP 15 THIS YEAR
|
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Montana (was #15) |
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TABLE 2 |
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TOP FIVE STATES – BY AGE AND GENDER
|
|
"If you could live in any state in
the country, except the state you
live in now, what state would you
choose to live in?" |
|
Base: All U.S. adults
|
|
|
|
|
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Generation |
|
Gender |
|
Rank |
|
Echo
Boomers
(18 to 30) |
|
Gen X
(31 to 42) |
|
Baby
Boomers
(43 to 61) |
|
Matures
(62+) |
|
Men |
|
Women |
|
1 |
|
California |
|
California |
|
Hawaii |
|
California |
|
California |
|
Hawaii |
|
2 |
|
Texas |
|
Hawaii |
|
Florida |
|
Florida |
|
Florida |
|
California |
|
3 |
|
New York |
|
Florida |
|
California |
|
Hawaii |
|
Hawaii |
|
Florida |
|
4 |
|
Florida |
|
North Carolina |
|
North Carolina |
|
North Carolina |
|
North Carolina |
|
North Carolina |
|
5 |
|
Hawaii |
|
Pennsylvania |
|
Colorado |
|
Oregon |
|
Texas |
|
New York |
|
TABLE 3 |
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U.S. CITIES PEOPLE WOULD MOST LIKE
TO LIVE IN OR NEAR TO
|
|
"If you could live in or near any
city in the country except the one
you live in or nearest to now, which
city would you choose?”
|
|
Base: All U.S. Adults
|
|
|
|
|
|
1997 |
|
1998 |
|
1999 |
|
2000 |
|
2001 |
|
2002 |
|
2003 |
|
2005 |
|
2006 |
|
2007 |
|
New York, NY |
|
1 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
San Diego, CA |
|
=7 |
|
=7 |
|
9 |
|
5 |
|
=2 |
|
8 |
|
2 |
|
2 |
|
3 |
|
2 |
|
Seattle, WA |
|
2 |
|
4 |
|
2 |
|
3 |
|
4 |
|
3 |
|
=9 |
|
5 |
|
4 |
|
3 |
|
San Francisco, CA |
|
=5 |
|
1 |
|
3 |
|
=6 |
|
=2 |
|
2 |
|
3 |
|
4 |
|
2 |
|
4 |
|
Las Vegas, NV |
|
* |
|
=15 |
|
12 |
|
=6 |
|
=5 |
|
=14 |
|
4 |
|
3 |
|
5 |
|
5 |
|
Orlando, FL |
|
* |
|
* |
|
* |
|
* |
|
* |
|
* |
|
12 |
|
* |
|
14 |
|
6 |
|
Honolulu, HI |
|
* |
|
* |
|
* |
|
* |
|
* |
|
* |
|
=13 |
|
8 |
|
6 |
|
7 |
|
Phoenix, AZ |
|
3 |
|
=5 |
|
10 |
|
=10 |
|
10 |
|
* |
|
7 |
|
13 |
|
=12 |
|
8 |
|
Denver, CO |
|
4 |
|
=5 |
|
6 |
|
4 |
|
=5 |
|
=6 |
|
=9 |
|
7 |
|
=7 |
|
=9 |
|
Los Angeles, CA |
|
* |
|
14 |
|
=13 |
|
=12 |
|
11 |
|
10 |
|
5 |
|
12 |
|
11 |
|
=9 |
|
Chicago, IL |
|
10 |
|
=12 |
|
5 |
|
=6 |
|
=7 |
|
=6 |
|
6 |
|
6 |
|
9 |
|
11 |
|
Boston, MA |
|
=7 |
|
=7 |
|
7 |
|
9 |
|
=7 |
|
12 |
|
=13 |
|
11 |
|
10 |
|
12 |
|
Charlotte, NC |
|
14 |
|
* |
|
* |
|
* |
|
=13 |
|
* |
|
* |
|
* |
|
* |
|
13 |
|
Portland, OR |
|
12 |
|
=12 |
|
=15 |
|
=12 |
|
=13 |
|
=14 |
|
8 |
|
10 |
|
=12 |
|
14 |
|
Miami, FL |
|
13 |
|
* |
|
* |
|
=14 |
|
=13 |
|
11 |
|
=15 |
|
* |
|
* |
|
15 |
|
= Tied for that position
|
|
* Not in top 15 |
|
|
|
CITIES NEW TO TOP 15 THIS YEAR
|
|
Charlotte (#13); Miami (#15)
|
|
CITIES WHICH DROPPED OUT OF TOP 15
THIS YEAR |
|
Atlanta (was tied for #7); Nashville (was #15)
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Methodology
This Harris Poll® was conducted online
within the United States between August 7
and 13, 2007 among 2,694 adults (aged 18 and
over). Figures for age, sex, race/ethnicity,
education, region and household income were
weighted where necessary to bring them into
line with their actual proportions in the
population. Propensity score weighting was
also used to adjust for respondents’
propensity to be online.
All sample surveys and polls, whether or not
they use probability sampling, are subject
to multiple sources of error which are most
often not possible to quantify or estimate,
including sampling error, coverage error,
error associated with nonresponse, error
associated with question wording and
response options, and post-survey weighting
and adjustments. Therefore, Harris
Interactive avoids the words “margin of
error” as they are misleading. All that can
be calculated are different possible
sampling errors with different probabilities
for pure, unweighted, random samples with
100% response rates. These are only
theoretical because no published polls come
close to this ideal.
Respondents for this survey were selected
from among those who have agreed to
participate in Harris Interactive surveys.
The data have been weighted to reflect the
composition of the adult population. Because
the sample is based on those who agreed to
participate in the Harris Interactive panel,
no estimates of theoretical sampling error
can be calculated.
These statements conform to the principles
of disclosure of the National Council on
Public Polls.
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