There’s a mixed bag of findings according to Scott Beach, interim director of University of Pgh. Center for Social and Urban Research which produced the “Pittsburgh Regional Quality of Life Survey” report with Pittsburgh Today.

More Allegheny County residents are better off financially than they were seven years ago and more feel better about the region as a place to live. Asked about their personal happiness, the results show a slight decrease.

68 percent of those responding now say this region is an excellent or very good place to live, versus 60 percent in 2011. Even with that, the report says, “the perspectives of residents often depend on who is asked,” with responses sometimes diverging based on race and household income.

The survey asked 101 questions about the region’s quality of life, such as environment, arts and culture, government, education and housing and then they were matched against responses to a similar survey done in 2011.

Among the other findings: 73 percent consider political gerrymandering a problem; 62 percent favor legalizing recreational use of marijuana; and 57 percent believe the quality of our roads and bridges is “a severe problem,” compared with 32 percent who responded that way seven years ago.