> What most academics and others like them tend to miss about the American suburbs, is that most Americans like their suburbs. Is income taken into account? >

> What most academics and others like them tend to miss about the American suburbs, is that most Americans like their suburbs. Is income taken into account? > Like published happiness research, the State of the City survey shows that reported satisfaction is highly correlated with income. Some 88 percent of those with incomes over $75,000 said their community was excellent or good; only 66 percent of those with incomes of less than $30,000 said the same. It’s worth noting here that the impact of income is larger than the impact of location in influencing satisfaction (a 9 percent difference between city and suburb as opposed to a 22 percent difference between high and low-income groups. These data suggest that the real headline finding of this survey should be “higher income people are more satisfied with the places they live.” * https://cityobservatory.org/are-suburbs-really-happier/ https://cityobservatory.org/are-suburbs-really-happier/ Survey in question: * http://www.citylab.com/politics/2014/08/overall-americans-in-the-suburbs-are-still-the-happiest/378964/ http://www.citylab.com/politics/2014/08/overall-americans-in...