Quality of life? The rankings are in the Pardubice region, Žamberk is the 25th

17. Pardubice
25. Žamberk
27. Litomyšl
28. Ústí nad Orlicí
44. Holice
48. Polička
67. Hlinsko
70. Přelouč
83. Lanškroun
92. Chrudim
100. Vysoké Mýto
106. Svitavy
121. Česká Třebová
180. Rabbits
190. Moravská Třebová

Compared to 2019, Pardubice jumped four places ahead in the ranking, and they are doing well in categories that take into account the availability of services or rail transport, average life expectancy, the supply of jobs or monitor the migration of young people. “If the city succeeds in any survey or survey, it is, of course, a reason for joy, it is a kind of easy confirmation of the good direction of the city. However, we do not overestimate this data. It also depends on who conducted the survey or survey, how the interview was conducted, how many respondents were, etc., “said the municipality’s spokesman Radim Jelínek.

Moravské Třebové ranked 190th in the national ranking out of a total of 206 cities compared. “Nothing is happening here,” lamented the locals, adding: “Young people have nowhere to go, there are only pubs, culture zero zero nothing. Unlike other cities, nothing is built here either. ”However, he does not agree that the city has weaknesses in all directions. “I think that the supply of jobs here is quite decent, there is an industrial zone and in terms of salaries, they are also quite good,” added a long-time resident of Moravská Třebová.

They are careful in evaluating the survey in Litomyšl, which, although slightly worse in terms of points compared to last year, is still one of the top 30 cities in the country. “As last year, we do not want to overestimate such rankings, but they can certainly be interesting feedback. In general, it is nice to see that many cities from Eastern Bohemia are located high. Some individual indices are surprising, but we will review the results, compare them with last year, but we will continue to try to continue building a city for people. Citizens’ opinions are more important than statistics, and we try to increase their involvement and look at feedback, “said the mayor of Litomyšl, Daniel Brýdl.

A good tool?

In Žamberk, which ranked twenty-fifth in the country, they consider the project to be a simple and effective analytical tool to compare with other cities. “By exploiting it within the framework of strategic planning, the city management, ie the local self-government, receives feedback on whether the development of the city is moving in the right direction. At the same time, it provides the possibility of focusing development activities on weaknesses affecting the quality of life in the city. In terms of evaluating development priorities, we perceive this tool as very useful, “said Mayor Oldřich Jedlička.

The leadership of Orlová and Karviná, which found themselves at the very end of the national rankings, has a different opinion. According to them, the results of the survey do not correspond to reality and the whole is disadvantageous for border cities.

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