Following is a summary of the results from the MMRA’s 2010 survey of residents and members, conducted during November, 2010.
My favorite thing in the Miracle Mile or what I liked best about living in the Miracle Mile
- 57% – Location
- 11% – Diversity of neighborhood
- 11% – Ambiance of community
- 9% – Architecture
- 8% – Walking neighborhood
- 4% – Other
Why I moved to the Miracle Mile
- 27% – Close to work, school, church
- 25% – Central location
- 14% – Affordability
- 10% – Friendly neighbors
- 10% – House itself
- 5% – Architecture
- 3% – Walking neighborhood
- 3% – Schools
- 3% – Other
What would improve my residency in the Miracle Mile
- Traffic/Streets: 34% (Primarily repave streets and alleys, fix sidewalks, more parking and better patrol of permit parking; more speed bumps; subway metro stop)
- All Other: 32% (Dog park, more trees)
- Amenities: 21% (Restaurants primarily)
- Safety: 13% (Actual police patrols; less homeless people)
I would patronize a farmers market in the Miracle Mile
- Yes – 92%; no – 3%; unsure – 3%
- First choice – Saturday – 38%; Weekday – 36% ; Sunday – 26%
- No heavy preference for 2nd and 3rd choices
What I dislike about the Miracle Mile
- 39% – too much development, traffic, people
- 30% – Traffic/Streets (paving, sidewalks, inability to park, speeding cards, street pkg limitation for friends/family; price of pkg tickets & permit pkg)
- 16% – appearance (SV median, trash, failure of owners to pick up after dogs)
- 7% – nothing or people don’t realize great neighborhood Miracle Mile is.
- 5% – too many helicopters and drunk and disorderly people
- 3% – unfriendly neighbors
Years those who responded to survey lived in Miracle Mile:
- Over 50 years – 15%
- 40 years – 13%
- 30 years – 28%
- 20 years – 24%
- last 10 years – 20%
Note: Percentage is based on number of responses to each question; not everyone responded to each query and some had more than one response to a query.
