大多数美国人对居住环境不满

大多数美国人对居住环境不满

Get outta town! It’s not just New Yorkers who are throwing in the towel. It turns out most Americans would rather be living somewhere else, according to a new study.

我要离开小镇!不仅仅是纽约人认输了。一项最新研究表明，大多数美国人都想住到别的地方去。

Some 70 percent of Americans between the ages of 18 and 76 said they hope to eventually ditch their neighbors and neighborhoods for fairer fields, according to a survey of 2,210 homeowners commissioned by ImproveNet, a home improvement site.

一项由家居改善网站betterenet委托开展的调查显示，年龄在18岁至76岁之间的美国人中，约有70%的人表示，他们希望离开居住地，到更合适的地方去。

Perhaps more surprising, the study found that of those antsy individuals — of whom 54 percent live in suburbs, 33 percent in cities and 13 percent in exurbs — half would rather be living in a completely different town in the same part of the state.

也许更令人惊讶的是，研究发现，在这些坐立不安的人中——54%住在郊区，33%住在城市，13%住在远郊——有一半人表示哪怕住到同一州的另外一个城镇都好。

As evidence that the grass really is always greener on the other side, a further 20 percent said they’d like to move within just 10 miles from their current home. A nearly equal number said their dream neighborhood was across or outside of the country.

另外20%的人说他们想搬到离现在的家不到10英里的地方住，这也证明了另一边的草总是更绿。还有20%的人表示，他们梦想中的社区是在美国本土或海外。

In town hopping, respondents said they hoped to live in better proximity to grocery stores, public parks, better public schools, shopping malls, theaters and houses of worship — in that order. The only barrier to actually jumping ship? Cold hard cash.

在城市购物方面，受访者表示，他们希望生活在离杂货店、公园、更好的公立学校、购物中心、剧院和教堂更近的地方。搬家的唯一障碍是什么?冷酷的现金。

“Naturally, as people climb income brackets, it’s more likely they’ll be living in their dream neighborhood already,” the study states. “Just 27 percent of people making less than $50,000 per year are living in their ideal neighborhood, compared with 44 percent of those making more than $100,000.”

研究称:“随着人们收入水平的攀升，他们更有可能住进梦想中的社区。”“年收入低于5万美元的人中，只有27%的人住在理想的社区，而年收入超过10万美元的人中，这一比例为44%。”

Still, that means that a full 56 percent in the study’s higher income bracket still haven’t found the town they’re looking for.

尽管如此，这一数字同时也意味着，中高收入阶层中整整56%的人，仍然没有找到他们理想的城市。