The Eighth Annual Quality of Life Survey is out. The Overall Quality of Life Survey rating is at an all-time high – 71 percent of those asked give our quality of life rating a positive. The first year (2008) only 51 percent felt that way.
As of June 2015 – when the survey was conducted, the top three concerns of the voters in our area remain the economy and jobs at number one (38 percent), education at number two (13 percent), and crime and drugs at number three (11 percent).
Respondents saw both Escambia County and City of Pensacola continuing in positive directions – County 61 percent, City 70 percent.