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In our first survey of
Wisconsin residents in summer 2002, the Quality of Life program set out
to establish a benchmark by which to measure ongoing citizen
satisfaction with a wide range of issues that affect quality of life in
our communities. We asked respondents to evaluate their housing
situation, including costs, property taxes, location, visual appeal,
upkeep, and proximity to services. We invited them to rate the quality
of schools, both public and private, and to comment on the quality of
instruction, class size, and teacher salaries. We asked them to tell us
how their local communities are doing in providing essential and
recreational services. We talked about jobs and personal safety. We
queried state residents about their elected representatives - local,
state and national. Finally, we explored some of the details of people’s
day-to-day lives in an effort to understand the role that these
activities play in the quality of life people seek. In their responses,
Wisconsinites provided us with a richly textured picture of the issues
that touch them — what’s going right, what needs fixing and where we
should start.
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