Tallahassee, FL – Homes & Land, the nation’s most established real estate media company, has today released the results of its Celebrity Neighbor Survey. The survey asked thousands of Americans to name the celebrity they’d wish to have as their next-door neighbor. Oprah Winfrey, Elvis Presley and Donald Trump ranked as the top three and there were many surprises in the complete, top 20 ranking provided later in this release. Another chart showing top celebrity neighbor choices for people within different age groups is also included.
· Top Three include the Talk-Show Queen, “The King,” and “The Donald”
· Top 20 Ranking Reveals Surprise Results & Different Age-Group Preferences
Movie Stars, Music VIPs or Media Moguls?: Most consumers chose movie stars, but many chose personalities within other professions as well. Tiger Woods was the only athlete to make an appearance on the top 20 list. Five singers topped the chart including Elvis, Dolly Parton, Kenny Chesney, Frank Sinatra and singer-actress Jennifer Lopez. The top twenty list also included three high-powered businessmen (Donald Trump, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett) and three media moguls (Oprah, Martha Stewart and Hugh Hefner).
Venus or Mars?:
For all women surveyed, the following celebrities ranked as their top five choices overall: 1) Oprah Winfrey, 2) Paris Hilton, 3) Dolly Parton, 4) John Travolta and 5) George Clooney. For men participating in the survey, their top five choices included an all-male line-up: 1) Elvis Presley, 2) John Wayne, 3) Donald Trump, 4) Tiger Woods and 5) Bill Gates.
Certain personalities received all-male or all-female votes. Pamela Anderson, Robert De Niro and Al Pacino made the Top 20 overall list through an all-male consensus. Princess Diana and Richard Gere had an all-female following. Oprah Winfrey’s following was primarily female, but 12% of those who named her as their number one neighbor choice were male. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were usually named individually – not as a couple. Interestingly, they tied for the number ten spot asindividuals. Angelina Jolie’s admirers were split equally between men and women, while two thirds of those who voted for Brad Pitt were female.
Stars Still Shining Bright:
There is no question that some legendary celebrities still resonate with the public. Elvis, John Wayne, Princess Diana and Frank Sinatra may no longer be with us but are still first choice for many participants wishing for the stars as their neighbors.
Anecdotal Evidence: Those participants who selected Oprah or Elvis as their ideal neighbor appreciated their talent. However, they also cited personal attributes such as Oprah’s inspirational and humanitarian qualities. Elvis was often cited as hard-working and generally, a “great guy.” Those participants who chose business tycoons like Donald Trump or Bill Gates were motivated by financial aspirations. For example, many concluded that “if I had an address next to Donald Trump, it would mean I’d be rich too.” Most Tiger Woods fans would tap into their champion neighbor for personal golfing lessons. However, several of the men said they’d choose Tiger for the women in their lives, since their wives were actually Tiger’s biggest fans. While many of the men wanting Pamela Anderson next-door claimed they’d “have a nice view from my window,” one fifty-something voter from California claimed he wanted to live next-door to Pamela because he “liked her politics.”
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