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e e DON'T KNOW .................................... 11 % NOTHING........................................ 15% TAXES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5% GROWTH ........................................ 17% SCHOOLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20/0 TRAFFIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 17% CRIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3% CITY GOVERNMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9% CITY SERVICES ................................... 5% NO SHOPS AVAILABLE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7% POOR LOCATION.. .. . .. . .. .. . . .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. . 7% OTHER RESPONSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1 % ) '1,- Fifteen percent were "boosters," who disliked "nothing" about the community. Nine percent cited "city government," while seven percent each discussed "lack of shopping opportunities" and "poor location in the Metropolitan Area." "Growth" and "traffic" were posted most often by residents of Precinct Two. "City government" bothered men. "No shopping" troubled less than five year residents, 18-34 year oIds, women, and residents of Precinct IB. "Taxes" was cited by 18-34 year oIds. City Desirability Residents were queried: For you personally, do you think that in the pastfew years the City of Ramsey has become more desirable as a place to live, become less desirable, or is it about the same as it has been? Residents were split: while thirty percent thought it was "more desirable," twenty-eight percent called it "less desirable:" MORE DESIRABLE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28% LESS DESIRABLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 30% ABOUT THE SAME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. 38% DON'T KNOWIREFUSED ............................ 4% Thirty-eight percent, though, thought the city was "about the same as it has been." "More desirable" was posted most often by households connected to public sanitary sewer and water services and residents of Precinct lB. "Less desirable" was most frequently mentioned by five-to-twenty year residents, 35-44 year oIds, households not connected to public sanitary sewer and water services, and men. "About the same" was the view ofless than five year residents and residents of Precinct 3A. 15