大多數(shù)美國人對居住環(huán)境不滿

大多數(shù)美國人對居住環(huán)境不滿

Get outta town! It’s not just New Yorkers who are throwing in the towel. It turns out most Americans would rather be living somewhere else, according to a new study.

我要離開小鎮(zhèn)!不僅僅是紐約人認(rèn)輸了。一項(xiàng)最新研究表明，大多數(shù)美國人都想住到別的地方去。

Some 70 percent of Americans between the ages of 18 and 76 said they hope to eventually ditch their neighbors and neighborhoods for fairer fields, according to a survey of 2,210 homeowners commissioned by ImproveNet, a home improvement site.

一項(xiàng)由家居改善網(wǎng)站betterenet委托開展的調(diào)查顯示，年齡在18歲至76歲之間的美國人中，約有70%的人表示，他們希望離開居住地，到更合適的地方去。

Perhaps more surprising, the study found that of those antsy individuals — of whom 54 percent live in suburbs, 33 percent in cities and 13 percent in exurbs — half would rather be living in a completely different town in the same part of the state.

也許更令人驚訝的是，研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，在這些坐立不安的人中——54%住在郊區(qū)，33%住在城市，13%住在遠(yuǎn)郊——有一半人表示哪怕住到同一州的另外一個(gè)城鎮(zhèn)都好。

As evidence that the grass really is always greener on the other side, a further 20 percent said they’d like to move within just 10 miles from their current home. A nearly equal number said their dream neighborhood was across or outside of the country.

另外20%的人說他們想搬到離現(xiàn)在的家不到10英里的地方住，這也證明了另一邊的草總是更綠。還有20%的人表示，他們夢想中的社區(qū)是在美國本土或海外。

In town hopping, respondents said they hoped to live in better proximity to grocery stores, public parks, better public schools, shopping malls, theaters and houses of worship — in that order. The only barrier to actually jumping ship? Cold hard cash.

在城市購物方面，受訪者表示，他們希望生活在離雜貨店、公園、更好的公立學(xué)校、購物中心、劇院和教堂更近的地方。搬家的唯一障礙是什么?冷酷的現(xiàn)金。

“Naturally, as people climb income brackets, it’s more likely they’ll be living in their dream neighborhood already,” the study states. “Just 27 percent of people making less than $50,000 per year are living in their ideal neighborhood, compared with 44 percent of those making more than $100,000.”

研究稱:“隨著人們收入水平的攀升，他們更有可能住進(jìn)夢想中的社區(qū)。”“年收入低于5萬美元的人中，只有27%的人住在理想的社區(qū)，而年收入超過10萬美元的人中，這一比例為44%。”

Still, that means that a full 56 percent in the study’s higher income bracket still haven’t found the town they’re looking for.

盡管如此，這一數(shù)字同時(shí)也意味著，中高收入階層中整整56%的人，仍然沒有找到他們理想的城市。