20% more community satisfaction with the arts.
The arts drive trust, and trust drives community satisfaction. Levels of civic engagement predict the quality of community life and residents' happiness better than education or income. In the communities with the highest trust, 52% gave their community a top rating as a place to live; in the communities with the lowest levels of social trust, only 31% felt positively.
Community Foundation Silicon Valley. (2001). The Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey. Retrieved 16 May 2023 from https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/featured-collections/2000-social-capita…
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