邁阿密：理想的旅遊地 不受歡迎的居住地
Miami: Nice to visit, don't want to live there: poll
Americans might like to visit Miami but few of them want to live there, a new poll by Zogby International shows.
Americans might like to visit Miami but few of them want to live there, a new poll by Zogby International shows.
Only three percent of respondents chose Miami when asked which of eight major U.S. cities they would like to live in. San Francisco led the pack with 13 percent followed by Chicago, Orlando, New York, Las Vegas and Houston.
Forty-nine percent of those surveyed had an unfavorable view of Miami, with a fear of crime dominating the reasons for people's negative impressions. Two thirds of those surveyed agreed with the statement "Miami is plagued by crime."
"Miami has a very good reputation as a vacation spot but it has had for a couple of decades a rough opinion when it comes to crime," said Fritz Wenzel, the director of communications for Zogby International.
"Crime is a major consideration when people think about where they would want to live," he added in an interview.
Wenzel said Miami has also taken a bit of a hit because of the housing bubble bursting and troubles in the real estate market.
"I really think that is short lived but it could also be contributing to its low ratings as a place for people to relocate," he explained.
The perception of the city as a den of criminals extended into people's thoughts about Miami's economy. Respondents said they thought illegal activities were the second largest segment of city's economy after tourism.
Zobgy conducted the online poll between January 18 and 21.
佐格比國際調查機構近日開展的一項最新民調顯示，邁阿密可能是美國人嚮往的旅遊勝地，但很少人願意去那裏居住。
該調查讓受訪者從美國八個主要城市中選出自己最願意居住的城市。僅有3%的受訪者選擇邁阿密；舊金山以13%的得票率成爲最受青睞的居住地，其次是芝加哥、奧蘭多、紐約、拉斯維加斯和休斯敦。
49%的受訪者對邁阿密印象不佳，對犯罪的恐懼成爲最主要的原因。三分之二的受訪者認爲“邁阿密是個犯罪之城”。
佐格比國際調查機構溝通部主任弗里茲•溫澤爾說：“邁阿密向來以度假勝地而著稱，但幾十年來，犯罪問題一直讓其名聲受損。”
弗里茲在接受採訪時說：“犯罪問題是影響人們選擇居住地的一個主要因素。”
溫澤爾說，房地產市場泡沫破裂和動盪不安也讓邁阿密遭受了小小打擊。
他解釋說：“我真的認爲這只是個暫時現象，但它確實影響到了邁阿密在居住地方面的受歡迎程度。”
人們對邁阿密“犯罪之城”的印象甚至影響到了他們對於該城市經濟的看法。有受訪者認爲非法活動是僅次於旅遊業的邁阿密第二大產業。
該在線民調從1月18日持續至21日。
