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The non-profit group, Citizens for NYC has issued its annual quality of life survey, with results taken from different neighborhood leaders and activists. And the verdict is that the quality of life is improving, and the big problems are with potholes nad litter. Those surveyed ranked violent crime, property crime, and homeless people on the streets much lower than things like potholes, litter, vandalism, and rats. Here are the top concerns of the different boroughs:
Bronx: Drugs, vandalism, and noise
Brooklyn: Trash and drugs
Manhattan: Trash and drugs; rats
Queens: Potholes, growth and overdevelopment
Staten Island: Potholes, overdevelopment, traffic
Former Congressman Peter Kostmayer who heads the organization said that the survey was good, showing that problems could be a lot worse (like, there could be more crime) and that "City residents shouldn't limit blame to city agencies for these problems, but should lighten up on the horn blowing and put their trash in receptacles where it belongs and not on city streets."
Gothamist on last year's survey; streetnoise seemed to be a much bigger deal last year.
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This makes me wonder about some of my fellow Queens residents. They're concerned about "growth"? They're also concerned about "overdevelopment"? I hope these aren't the same people complaining about the "lack of affordable housing".
I agree with Kostmeyer. Put your friggin' trash in teh garbage cans people! It's heinously hippocritical to bitch about but not do your part!
Strange that crappy subway service doesn't rate, especially in the outer boroughs. I guess the perceived nosedive in daytime reliability is too recent, having just occurred this spring. But man, late-night subway service is the biggest detriment to *my* QOL.
(Ah, I go read the chart and it's obvious - the study asked people to rate fixed categories on a scale of 1 to 7. The only transit option is "lack of public transit," not exactly the same thing as reliability. AND they only asked 600 people.)
RE: Queens and overdevelopment- sounds like they mostly polled homeowners, who care about their property values and generally don't give a crap about affordable housing. In fact, they'd probably prefer for the housing to be as expensive as possible so they can clean up when they sell.