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Lake Oswego survey: 95% rate city a good place to live; economic development tops residents’ priorities
Summary
A statistically valid ETC Institute survey presented to the council found 95% of respondents rate Lake Oswego as an excellent or good place to live; residents named economic development, public safety and development services among top priorities, and the city plans follow-up benchmarking and targeted outreach.
A statistically valid community survey presented Tuesday showed overwhelming resident satisfaction with life in Lake Oswego and flagged priorities for the council as it sets goals for 2026. Jason Marado, director of community research at ETC Institute, told the council that 95% of the 400 randomly sampled respondents rated the city as an excellent or good place to live.
The survey, which used a mail-and-online random-sample methodology and reached 400 completed responses (margin of error ±4.9 percentage points at the 95% confidence level), also found that residents rated the city above the regional and national average across measured service areas. "You rated…
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