The ultimate Big Apple life would have New Yorkers raising kids on Staten Island, doing retail therapy in Manhattan and picking up groceries in Brooklyn.
A poll of Gotham dwellers released yesterday found that 84 percent of New Yorkers said they were “satisfied” or “very satisfied” with city life, matching the same 84 percent number from the 2011 and 2010 surveys.
But this New York love story takes a wild turn, based on borough of residence.
For example, 89 percent of Staten Islanders said they “strongly agreed” or “agreed” that their neighborhood would be good to raise kids, topping Queens (83 percent), Brooklyn (76), Manhattan (68) and The Bronx (67).
Manhattan respondents, though, were the most happy with shop-till-you-drop options.
That’s because 71 percent said they had “excellent” or “good” retail options, outpacing Brooklyn (67), Staten Island (66), The Bronx (57) and Queens (55).
Brooklyn appeared to be the best borough to score groceries, with 75 percent saying they had “excellent” or “good” access to markets and grocery stores.
Staten Island (73 percent), The Bronx (70), Manhattan (69) and Queens (68) followed.
Even an esoteric measure like optimism about the city’s future varied greatly by borough.
As a whole, 81 percent of New Yorkers said they were “optimistic” or “very optimistic” about the future of Gotham, up slightly from 76 percent in last year’s survey.
Residents of Manhattan had the most optimistic view of life, at 87 percent, followed by Brooklyn (85), Queens (80), The Bronx (75) and Staten Island (69).
The poll by the Marist Institute for Public Opinion — on behalf of the Municipal Art Society of New York, an urban-advocacy group — interviewed 1,324 city residents from Aug. 28 to 31.
“If you look in a borough and there’s a certain dissatisfaction with something, that should animate a discussion with community leaders to create a strategy to mitigate it,” said Anne Coates, VP of strategy for the society.