What do residents think causes Main Street decline?

    20%

    20% of Americans named this perceived cause of Main Street decline: rising rents and business costs.

    n = 3,012 Americans · Survey date not recorded · Cherry Data Signals

    Breakdown

    rising rents and business costs20%
    big-box stores and shopping centers17%
    lack of investment15%
    online shopping12%
    highway bypasses or diverted traffic9%
    insufficient parking9%
    poor planning or zoning7%
    safety concerns7%
    population decline6%
    0%50%100%

    Figures are reproduced as reported in the supplied research summary; rounded totals may differ from 100%, and some breakdowns are partial. The survey field date is not recorded; document modification dates are not field dates. Some breakdowns total 101% or 102%. Rankings reflect desire for revival, not measured economic performance.

    Methodology

    Sample
    3,012
    Population
    Americans
    Country
    United States
    Fielded
    Not recorded
    Research by
    Cherry Data Signals
    Study
    What Americans Want From Historic Downtown Revival

    Cite this statistic

    Cherry Data Signals (Not recorded). "What do residents think causes Main Street decline?" Survey of 3,012 Americans, United States. https://cherrysignals.com/statistics/what-do-residents-think-causes-main-street-decline

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