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Check back HERE for RESULTS! - 09/20/07

Sun City Survey Results

1. What is your age?

53 - ll

60 - 63 - ll ll ll = 6

66 - l

68-69 - ll

71-73 - ll ll ll ll - 8

81-82 - ll l - 3

87 - 1



2. What is your gender?


Male - ll ll ll = 6


Female - ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll = 17

3. Marital Status


Married - ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll = 16


Single - ll ll ll l = 7



4. How long have you been / were you married?


4 years - ll

14 years - l
18 years - ll l = 3

27 years - l
30 - 38 years - ll ll ll ll ll l = 11
46-48 years - ll

52-54 years - ll

65 years - l


5. Your Politics

Republican - ll ll ll ll ll ll ll l = 15

Independent ll ll l = 5

Democrat - l

Don't care about Politics - l


6. Are you a member of a church in Sun City? (You may name your church if you want)


Yes - ll ll ll ll ll ll l = 13


No - ll ll ll l = 7

(One interesting comment - a lady who had been raised a Catholic doesn't approve of the "goings on" in the church these days. Said she feels the Catholic church has 'gone astray'.)


Your church -

- St Clements, Catholic Church - ll ll - 4

- Sun City Christian Church - ll ll ll l - 7
- Shepherd of the Desert Lutheran - l

7. What is/was your occupation?


Antique store owner/operator - l


Bookkeeper / Accountant / Tax preparer - ll


Craft Business Owner - l


Dentist - l

Homemaker - ll

Library Media Technician - l

Lucent - l

Meat Wrapper - l

Medical Office Manager - l
Office Worker - l

On line distributor of send out cards - l
Pilot - l

Real Estate Broker Developer, Builder- l

Real Estate agent (not retired)- l

Statistician - l

SW Bell Telephone -l

Workers Comp Insurance Association Coordinator ( not retired) - l

8. Your Financial status (5= extreme wealth; 1= barely getting by)


1 -


2 - ll ll ll ll l = 9

3 - ll ll ll ll ll ll l = 13

4 - l


9. How long have you been a resident of Sun City?


less than 1 year - ll ll l = 5
1 - 2 years - ll ll l - 5

4-6 years - ll ll - 4

7 years - ll - 2

14 years- l

19 years - ll

24-27 years - ll ll = 4

10. Are you a year around resident? ( name your state?)


Yes - ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll

No - l

Arizona - ll l - 3

Illinois - l

Michigan - ll l - 3
Nebraska - ll

New Jersey - l

New Mexico - l
New York - ll ll l - 5
Ohio - ll

Oklahoma - l
South Dakota - l

Washington - l

11. Do you have children in another state?


Yes- ll ll ll ll ll ll ll = 14


No - ll ll ll ll l = 9


12. If yes, do they visit often?


Yes - ll - 2


No - ll ll ll ll ll ll = 12



13. Recreation centers, How often do you attend?


5-6 days a week - ll ll ll ll l - 9

3- 4 days a week - ll ll ll - 6

1 day a week - ll - 2

1 day a month - l

Rarely / Never go to the rec centers -ll ll l - 5


14. Which Rec center do you visit most often?


Bell Center - ll ll ll ll ll ll = 12

Lakeview - ll l = 3

Sun Dial - l

Marinette - l

Mountain View - l


15. Do you have an SCRC Library card?


Yes - ll ll ll ll = 8


No - ll ll ll ll ll ll ll l= 15


16. Use RV Storage?


Yes - ll ll = 4


No - ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll = 19

17. (New question) Do you use the Sun City Golf courses?

Yes - l

No - ll ll ll ll ll

18. (New question) Your Moment of fame? Published Author? Song Writer? Done something interesting?

-Responsible for naming the Official Marine Mammal for the state of Washington.

-In Russia, in St Petersburg when the Moscow White House burned.

- A representative to the world ORT Congress in 1983 held in Jerusalem, Israel.

- Attended a Reading Teacher Symposium/ Educator to Educator while on a trip to Bucharest, Turkey.

19. How many times a week do you eat out?

none /rarely - ll = 2

1-3 times per week - ll ll ll ll l ll ll ll ll = 17

4-5 times per week - ll ll = 4


20. Do you generally go to the same place/s? Name the places

--same places - Yes- ll ll ll ll ll ll l

- No - ll ll l

Bella Luna - ll
Carvers - l

Chang Lee's - l

Coco's- ll

Desert Palms - l
Dillon's - l
Elks Lodge - ll l = 3

Jmichael's - l

JB's - l
La Petit at Bell Center - ll ll ll = 6
Line Thai - ll

Maria's - ll

Mercer's - ll

Royal Cafe - l

Rubio's Baja Mexican Grill - ll

Sweet Tomatos - l

Tivoli Gardens - l

Viewpoint Cafe - l

21. When Grocery shopping, do you shop the weekly ads or do you shop at one grocery store most of the time? Name your favorite store?


Shop the ads - ll ll ll ll l - 9


Albertson's most of the time - l


Basha's most of the time -ll l

CostCo - ll l

Fry's - ll

Sam's - ll

Safeway - ll ll

Sprouts - l

Target (Super Target) - l

Trader Joe's - ll

Walmart - ll ll


Which ever stores deliver. - l

Which ever store has organic - l

I shop within Sun City to support our local stores - l

22. When you get company where is the first place you take them?


The Rec Centers and around Sun City - ll ll ll ll l = 9


Bisbee - l

Take them out to eat at Cattleman's - l


Grand Canyon - ll l


Jerome - l


Lake Havasu City - l


Sedona - l

Sonora Desert Museum - l

Tucson - l

To the pool - ll

Stay home and visit - l


23. As you think back over your life, was there one person, event or quote that served as an inspiration to you?

- Abraham Lincoln - l
- Billy Graham - l

- Jesus Christ - ll

- My College Professor - l

- My public school teachers who spoke glowingly about our country and our heritage. - l

- My Dad or Mom - ll l

("I had to read my dad's letters to him because he could not read English. He came from Italy. I was proud to be able to read to him and he was proud that I was able to read English.")

- My aunt who was a teacher who encouraged me to teach - l

- The Woman's movement for Equality - l

- Zig Ziglar and his books - l

24. (New question) How has your life changed because of technology? (cell phones,computers, etc.) Do you have a web site? Do you want to share it?

- Spouses can easily stay in touch if they get separated in a large store or large gathering.

- They both were very difficult to learn, but I believe the challenge to my brain was beneficial. They have tremendously opened the world for me to bigger and better things.

- My computer enables me to have a "work at home" business.

- I love my laptop.

- I taught a computer class and still help a lot of my friends with their computer issues.

- Can send day brighteners and jokes to my friends

- can do many things from home, sitting at my computer and it saves gas.

- use my computer to write stories

-ususally calm myself with a couple of games of Spider Solitaire each night before I shut it down each evening..

25. What advice would you give to your favorite young person?

- Be who you are and say what you feel because those that matter don't mind and those that mind, don't matter - l

- Always remember that Jesus loves you - ll

- Find a job that makes you happy - ll

- Get an education. - ll ll - 4


- Don't worry about the things about which you can do nothing.- ll


- Know that if you had to take on some other person's life in its entirety, you would most always choose to keep your own life - l


- Practice the Golden Rule, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you "- ll l - 3

- You never know when it will come in handy to have someone think well of you - l

- Life is not about this world - l

- Learn from your parents so you don't have to repeat the same mistakes - l

- Put your family first - l

- Set high goals and dream big - l

- Hitch your wagon to a star - l

- Always shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you are bound to land among the stars. - l

- Live life to the fullest - ll

- Be kind and compassionate. Be polite. It is more important to be kind than to be right - ll ll l - 5

- Don't just accept the things that are. You can change them - l

- Stay mentally and physically active and keep your mind and body clean healthy. Stay away from drugs, alohol and cigarettes. - ll ll ll l - 7

- Live as though you will die tomorrow, but plan as though you will live forever - l

- Don't do things just for the money - l

- Read "The Secret" - l

- Have a good sense of humor/ keep a smile on your face - ll

- Think before you purchase about whether its a want or a neeed. - l

- Be financially smart. Pay yourself first/ save / invest , Never go into debt - ll ll ll - 6

- Be Optimistic, stay far away from negative people - ll l - 3

- Don't take yourself too seriously

- Give of yourself, being helpful to others. - l

- keep a smile on your face - l

26. What do you see as Sun City's most important issues?


- Too much traffic from fast growth of surrounding areas - ll ll l - 5

- Need for Public transportation - ll ll l - 5

- Need overpasses over 99th , 103rd, and 107th. Otherwise, when they widen Grand Ave., it will isolate many residents. - l

- Rising crime - ll ll l - 5

- Concerns about water supply and lack of serious water conversation. (Lets not wait until we're in the same boat as Atlanta, GA) - ll ll

- Houses need to be renovated and updated - ll

- Lack of grocery stores and convenient stores within walking distance - ll

- The rising cost of living - l

- Golf carts on public roads - l

- Too many unoccupied houses not being looked after and cared for (resulting in citrus laying around that attracts rats as well as an invitation to break-ins) - l

- Rec centers need to be renovated and updated, especially the pool at Sun Dial - ll

- Rec centers doing too much renovating - l

- A few people have too much power (The SCRC Board of Directors) - l

- The shortage of capable and willing volunteers - l

- The changing demographics - l

- People who feed the birds - l

- People who complain - l

- Rec centers should be open 24 hours a day - l

- Bell Center is too crowded - l

- Should be able to use the golf courses for walking trails and bike paths in the evening hours - l

- Need for better updated craft stores - l

- Shouldn't allow the use of non-native grasses and plants in our desert area that require more water. Should use grey water (water from laundry/ shower water) for watering trees and plants.

- Our "Old Sun City" is no more - 1

- Keeping up with the needs of the new baby boomers as they arrive - l

- some underage people seem to be living in SC - 1

- senior overlay - l

27. (new question) What are the things that you love the most about living in Sun City?

- Affordable ll

- Clean, well cared for city thanks to volunteers - ll l - 3

- Health Care is excellent - ll l - 3

- No children around - l

- Peaceful surroundings - l

- People are friendly - ll

- Recreation Centers/ activities - ll ll - 4

- Residential lots are larger than in surrounding areas - l

- Restaurants of all kinds are close by - ll

- Security by Posse and Sheriff - ll

- Shopping of all kinds close by - ll

- Step climbing is nearly non-existent (except for in / out of pools) - l

- Stress is minimal - l

- Volunteer help is visible everywhere - l

- Weather - Warm winters - No Snow - No bugs - Sunny days- ll ll ll ll ll = 10

- Being close to all the amenities

- My home

28. Did you enjoy taking this survey?


Yes - ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll -19

No - ll l - 3

not what I expected - l

This concludes the survey results available at this point. If you are a resident of Sun City, AZ and wish to participate, send an email to suncitysurvey@yahoo.com and a survey will be sent to you via email. If necessary, a copy can be sent to you by regular mail.

If you wish to comment or communicate about this survey, use the above email address.

Thank You!

Carol Farris

Tell Your Friends!

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They can send an email to suncitysurvey@yahoo.com and request a blank survey be sent to them by email. When they send it back completed, the results will be added to the results listed here.

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