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Dr. Stephen Klineberg of the Urban Research Center,Rice University, presented "Houston's Future: The Results of the 2010 Houston Area Survey" to 150 luncheon guests at the University of Houston Hilton on May 20.
The 2010 survey asked where will we put the 1 million projected new Houstonians by 2030, and 80% of the respondents thought the city should redevelop older neighborhoods. Dr. Klineberg also noted that a majority of the respondents prefer public investment in transit over public investment in roads as a solution to congestion. Click on the links at the left to see results of the 2010 Houston Area survey.

Forum guests answered some of the 2010 Survey questions during the luncheon. Here are the results:
A. What would you say is the biggest problem facing people in the Houston area today?
    Traffic (including mobility, public transit): 46
   Economy (including jobs): 23
    Education: 8
B. How would you rate the Houston area in general as a place to live?
    Excellent: 40
    Good: 64
    Fair: 8
    Poor: 1
C. During the last few years has your financial situation:
    Getting better: 47
    About the same: 52
    Getting worse: 18
D. What about 3 or 4 years down the road? Do you think you'll be:
    Better off: 76
    About the same: 31
    Worse off: 5
E. If you could choose where to live in the Houston area, which would you prefer?
    Single-family home with a big yard, where you would need to drive almost everywhere you want to go: 43
    Smaller home in a more urbanized area, within walking distance of shops and workplaces: 74
F. Do you think that the increasing ethnic diversity in Houston will eventually become:
   Source of great strength for the city: 101
   Growing problem for the city: 9
G. Are you generally for or against the idea of homosexuals being legally permitted to adopt children?
    For it: 89
    Against it: 16