This statistic shows the results of a survey among Americans in 2001 and 2018 on their preference regarding the type of place to live. In 2001, 8 percent of respondents stated they would prefer to live in a big city; in 2018, 12 percent of respondents said the same.
If you could live anywhere you wished, where would you prefer to live?
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Gallup. (December 8, 2018). If you could live anywhere you wished, where would you prefer to live? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/967001/americans-preferred-places-to-live/
Gallup. "If you could live anywhere you wished, where would you prefer to live?." Chart. December 8, 2018. Statista. Accessed April 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/967001/americans-preferred-places-to-live/
Gallup. (2018). If you could live anywhere you wished, where would you prefer to live?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/967001/americans-preferred-places-to-live/
Gallup. "If You Could Live Anywhere You Wished, Where Would You Prefer to Live?." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Dec 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/967001/americans-preferred-places-to-live/
Gallup, If you could live anywhere you wished, where would you prefer to live? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/967001/americans-preferred-places-to-live/ (last visited April 18, 2024)
If you could live anywhere you wished, where would you prefer to live? [Graph], Gallup, December 8, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/967001/americans-preferred-places-to-live/