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
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