Anita shares this article about the Stroller Index how it relates to great places to live and raise children. More strollers in the Neighborhood means healthy community.
A Powerful Measure of Urban Health: the Stroller Index
When Governing’s Jonathan Walters and David Kidd were in Hoboken to research and shoot photos for an article in the April issue about the mayor’s plans to better manage the next superstorm, they noticed baby strollers all over town. David coined the term “stroller index” and said Hoboken seemed to be way up there on that measure.
Actually, there’s something to that. For years, when I did citizen surveys in Kansas City, I argued that the most important single measure was the percentage of respondents who rated the city as a good or excellent place to raise children. It’s the canary in the mineshaft, a leading indicator that tells you a great deal about a city’s financial health and direction.
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