When picking a new place to call home, one of the most important attributes of a community is providing equal educational and economic opportunities for all people to get ahead, according to more than 90% of the respondents of the most recent Allstate/National Journal Heartland Monitor poll.
As reported in The Atlantic, more than three-fourths of the Heartland Monitor poll respondents thought that locations that included ethnic and racial diversity were a key factor for good communities.
In addition to asking people what elements made a city or town a good place to live, the poll also asked Americans how they felt their communities were performing on these measures. Seventy-four percent of Americans felt like their area was a place where all people had the opportunity for advancement.
