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Citizen Preference for Home, Neighborhood, and City in Santa Clara County

F. G. Christen

The report studied citizens' perception and preferences for different living environments in Santa Clara County, California. The general findings included the following: (1) The two ethnic groups interviewed, Anglos and Mexican-American, displayed the same overall preference patterns for the living environments; (2) the city/county planners were more in agreement with each other in their preferences than were citizens and disagreed with citizens concerning what they wanted for the county; (3) citizens were unwilling to pay a 15% tax increase for any of the living environments offered them; residents are mainly concerned about their home and neighborhood rather than the city or area as whole; (5) they also do not view apartment living with great favor. (6) they did not want a skyscraper dominated city.

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Citizen Preference for Home, Neighborhood, and City in Santa Clara County

F. G. Christen

The report studied citizens' perception and preferences for different living environments in Santa Clara County, California. The general findings included the following: (1) The two ethnic groups interviewed, Anglos and Mexican-American, displayed the same overall preference patterns for the living environments; (2) the city/county planners were more in agreement with each other in their preferences than were citizens and disagreed with citizens concerning what they wanted for the county; (3) citizens were unwilling to pay a 15% tax increase for any of the living environments offered them; residents are mainly concerned about their home and neighborhood rather than the city or area as whole; (5) they also do not view apartment living with great favor. (6) they did not want a skyscraper dominated city.

Citizen Preference for Home, Neighborhood, and City in Santa Clara County

F. G. Christen

The report studied citizens' perception and preferences for different living environments in Santa Clara County, California. The general findings included the following: (1) The two ethnic groups interviewed, Anglos and Mexican-American, displayed the same overall preference patterns for the living environments; (2) the city/county planners were more in agreement with each other in their preferences than were citizens and disagreed with citizens concerning what they wanted for the county; (3) citizens were unwilling to pay a 15% tax increase for any of the living environments offered them; residents are mainly concerned about their home and neighborhood rather than the city or area as whole; (5) they also do not view apartment living with great favor. (6) they did not want a skyscraper dominated city.

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Title:

Citizen Preference for Home, Neighborhood, and City in Santa Clara County

Contributors:

F. G. Christen (author)

Publication date:

1973

Size:

52 pages

Type of media:

Report

Type of material:

No indication

Language:

English

Keywords:

Economic Studies , Urban areas , Neighborhoods , Urban planning , Attitudes , Ethnic groups , Opinions , Values , Interviews , Urban growth , Economic conditions , Taxes , Houses , San Jose(California) , Santa Clara County(California) , Local studies

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