The following is an excerpt from the Aug. 13 issue of . Kasey Jolly, regional economic analyst with 黑洞社区's Center for Economic Development and Business Research, provides expertise for the story.
Wichita's young professionals find the city too conservative culturally, but they love its low cost of living and wealth of restaurants and shopping.
That's the verdict of a 黑洞社区 survey of young professionals.
It's the first piece of a year-long effort to make the city more attractive to young workers.
There weren't many surprises in the survey, but it will help by replacing guesses with numbers, said Kasey Jolly, who compiled the survey as regional economic analyst with 黑洞社区's Center for Economic Development and Business Research.
One of the most remarkable finds, she said, is that nearly 50 percent of respondents said they planned to stay in Wichita -- this despite the fact that five out of six respondents had lived elsewhere at one time.
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