2008 Jeffersoniowanews.com Survey

WHY DO YOU LIVE IN GREENE COUNTY?

 1. Working for father-in-law .... 22%

2. On probation; can't leave county .... 19%

3. Receiving aid from county/city .... 15%

4. Parents died; left house .... 14%

5. No car .... 10%

6. Attracted to art in front of library .... 7%

7. In federal witness protection program .... 3%

8. Other .... 10%

WHERE ARE YOUR FAVORITE PLACES TO SHOP?

1. Wet Goods .... 49%

2. ebay .... 17%

3. county-funded food pantry .... 6%

4. Jordan Creek Mall .... 5%

5. Carroll .... 5%

6. Boone .... 5%

7. Jefferson bait shop .... 4%

8. Bayard .... 4%

HOW HAS JEFFERSON BECOME MORE CULTURALLY DIVERSE?

1. Now attending early mass .... 18%

2. Allowed Scranton to consolidate .... 18%

3. Watched "Brokeback Mountain" .... 13%

4. Neighbor speaks in "tongues" .... 12%

5. Bars are now called "restaurants" .... 10%

6. Jefferson Herald recently ran photo of Tiger Woods .... 9%

7. Wife fixes tacos on Friday night .... 6%

8. No longer refer to Indians as "savage red-skinned rapists" .... 20%

WHAT IS JEFFERSON'S MOST ATTRACTIVE CIVIC FEATURE?

1. Large bull near Audubon .... 35%

2. Library art .... 19%

3. Newly resurfaced section of county road 14 .... 16%

4. Statue of unknown person in front of courthouse .... 9%

5. Lynn Hardin's soybean crop .... 8%

6. Dave's Welding Shop .... 5%

7. Mahanay Tower .... 3%

8. Other .... 5%

WHAT CROPS ARE YOU CURRENTLY CULTIVATING?

1. Medicinal marijuana .... 40%

2. Government set-aside acres .... 33%

3. Methamphetamine .... 20%

4. None .... 2%

5. Corn .... 2%

6. Soybeans .... 2%

7. Rice .... 1%

8. Well-manicured front lawn .... 0%