Quality of Life Survey

QUESTION: Do you primarily identify yourself as a resident of Southwest Florida Gulfshore or of another place?

REGION, LEE, COLLIER, CHARLOTTE

SW FLORIDA 88%, 90%, 87%, 84%

ELSEWHERE 11%, 9%, 13%, 14%

NOT SURE 1%, 1%, -, 2%

QUESTION: What drew you to the region?

Weather/climate 34%

Born here/lived here most of life 17%

Family 16%

Job/job opportunity 10%

Retirement community 10%

Ocean/Beaches/water 6%

Overall quality of life 4%

Golf/recreation 1%

Other/DK 2%

QUESTION: How do you rate your quality of life in the Gulfshore region: excellent, pretty good, only fair or poor?

REGION, LEE, COLLIER, CHARLOTTE

EXCELLENT 41%, 45%, 39%, 30%

GOOD 42%, 43%, 38%, 47%

FAIR 13%, 7%, 19%, 20%

POOR 4%, 4%, 4%, 3%

NOT SURE -, 1%, -, -

QUESTION: Would you recommend living here to family and friends, or not?

REGION, LEE, COLLIER, CHARLOTTE

YES 76%, 80%, 71%, 72%

NO 23%, 20%, 27%, 27%

NOT SURE 1%, -, 2%, 1%

QUESTION: What do you feel is the primary problem facing the region today?

Growth/Overdevelopment 47%

Traffic Congestion/Lack of Roads 22%

High Taxes/Poor Government 9%

Economy/Jobs 8%

Air/Water/Environmental quality 4%

Crime 1%

Poor Schools -

Other 7%

Not Sure 2%

DEVELOPMENT:

QUESTION: Do you feel the current rate of residential development in the area is much too fast, a little too fast, about right, or too slow?

REGION, LEE, COLLIER, CHARLOTTE

MUCH TOO FAST 59%, 60%, 58%, 60%

LITTLE FAST 16%, 15%, 17%, 16%

ABOUT RIGHT 23%, 22%, 23%, 24%

TOO SLOW 1%, 1%, 1%, -

NOT SURE 1%, 2%,, 1%, -

QUESTON: Do you feel the current rate of commercial development in the area is much too fast, a little too fast, about right, or too slow?

REGION, LEE, COLLIER, CHARLOTTE

MUCH TOO FAST 29%, 28%, 39%, 19%

LITTLE FAST 17%, 18%, 14%, 18%

ABOUT RIGHT 36%, 33%, 38%, 39%

TOO SLOW 16%, 19%, 6%, 24%

NOT SURE 2%, 2%, 3%, -

QUESTION: How would you rate the overall performance of your local government in managing growth and development: excellent, pretty good, only fair or poor?

REGION, LEE, COLLIER, CHARLOTTE

EXCELLENT 3%, 2%, 7%, -

GOOD 29%, 35%, 24%, 18%

FAIR 41%, 45%, 36%, 36%

POOR 26%, 17%, 31%, 46%

NOT SURE 1%, 1%, 2%, -

QUESTION: Would you support or oppose enacting strict limits on residential growth and development?

REGION, LEE, COLLIER, CHARLOTTE

SUPPORT 62%, 61%, 58%, 68%

OPPOSE 25%, 29%, 27%, 13%

UNDECIDED 13%, 10%, 15%, 19%

QUESTION: Would you support or oppose halting all residential and commercial development until the infrastructure, such as schools and roads, are in place to handle the growth?

REGION, LEE, COLLIER, CHARLOTTE

SUPPORT 64%, 64%, 66%, 60%

OPPOSE 29%, 28%, 29%, 30%

UNDECIDED 7%, 8%, 5%, 10%

QUESTION: Do you feel there is sufficient planning in your community so that the architecture and landscaping provide an identifiable sense of place, or not?

REGION, LEE, COLLIER, CHARLOTTE

YES 57%, 51%, 69%, 54%

NO 34%, 37%, 22%, 46%

NOT SURE 9%, 12%, 9%, -

TRAFFIC/TRANSPORTATION:

QUESTION: How would you rate the quality of local roads and their ability to handle traffic: excellent, pretty good, only fair or poor?

REGION, LEE, COLLIER, CHARLOTTE

EXCELLENT -, -, -, -

GOOD 25%, 23%, 25%, 30%

FAIR 34%, 35%, 31%, 39%

POOR 41%, 42%, 43%, 31%

NOT SURE -, -, 1%, -

QUESTION: Would you support or oppose a local tax increase in order to fund more area road construction?

REGION, LEE, COLLIER, CHARLOTTE

SUPPORT 39%, 42%, 34%, 39%

OPPOSE 48%, 45%, 53%, 51%

UNDECIDED 13%, 13%, 13%, 10%