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The quality of life in Haifa has declined: Why are Haifa residents less satisfied?

From the Central Bureau of Statistics data: There has been a significant decline in the satisfaction of Haifa residents, and the city is currently ranked as a city with medium satisfaction. Until now, Haifa has been characterized by high satisfaction from its residents, but the new data reveals a different picture, in which many residents express less satisfaction with living in the city. Haifa is currently ranked seventh in terms of quality of life in the country, with the cities with the highest quality of life being Herzliya, Kfar Saba and Ramat Gan.

The survey included 18 cities across the country, with over 100,000 residents, and divided the cities into three categories: cities with high, medium and low satisfaction. The survey results indicate a change compared to previous years, with Haifa, which previously enjoyed a high status, now finding itself with a medium satisfaction rating.

The decline in satisfaction may indicate new urban challenges that require addressing and focusing on improving the quality of life in the city.

The satisfaction of Haifa residents was determined based on 90 quality of life indicators examined over the past year. Of the 57 indicators available for the city, the picture that emerged was mixed: in 30 of the indicators, residents were better off than the national average, while in 27 other indicators, their situation was worse off than the national average. These data reflect the challenges and successes the city has experienced over the past year, and point to areas where improvements can be made to upgrade the quality of life in the city.

Fewer unemployed and workers arrive at work in a shorter time

The data indicate a positive picture regarding the employment and transportation situation in Haifa compared to the national average. In two key indicators, the city presents encouraging data that indicate relative improvement.

Thus, while the national average is 18.1% of residents are long-term unemployed, in Haifa the figure is only 17.3%, which indicates that fewer people are stuck in the cycle of unemployment. In addition, in terms of satisfaction with transportation, only 29.9% of residents in Haifa are dissatisfied with the length of time it takes them to get to work, compared to 44.3% of the national average, a figure that indicates more convenient and efficient public transportation in the city.

Another aspect that indicates positive results is the feeling of discrimination among Haifa residents. While in the national Hebrew region 23.7% of residents feel discriminated against, in Haifa the figure is lower at 18.6%. This figure indicates a higher feeling of equality among the Haifa public compared to the rest of the country.

Don't believe in the justice system

While the data is positive compared to the national average, surprising gaps were recorded, especially in the area of ​​trust in the judicial system.

Compared to the national average, where 73.9% of residents reported feeling safe walking down the street after dark, only 66.5% of residents in Haifa feel safe. This is a gap of over 7%, a figure that raises questions about the sense of personal safety in the city.

On the other hand, the gap in trust in the legal system is even more pronounced. While in the national Hebrew region 43.5% of residents trust the legal system, in Haifa the figure drops to 22.6%. This is a sharp drop of about 50%, indicating a sense of alienation and lack of trust in the system among the Haifa public.

These data indicate significant challenges for the city of Haifa, both in terms of personal security and in the legal system, and there is room for an in-depth examination of the factors behind them.

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  1. Haifa is a city that is mostly not clean. There is no development. There is no construction for the pairs. The train is still above ground.
    The pigs are still roaming, there are also jackals.
    The world is as usual, there are no innovations 🤣🤣

  2. Well. When the mayor pushes for the destruction of the Carmel slopes and the beach in Bat Galim. What do you expect? Destruction and ruin of a green city, a garden city. Massive construction of dense generic buildings. Uprooting gardens and trees. What do you expect? An increase in the quality of life? A clogged city that has never existed in the history of mankind

  3. In addition, residents are outraged by the Haifa Municipality for cutting back on the free folk dancing on the beaches in Haifa and Kiryat Haim. These dances featured many dancers, as well as many residents, mainly adults and parents with children, who would come to watch the dancing.

  4. I returned to Israel from Cape Town, South Africa, and chose to live in Haifa because of the similarities between the two cities.
    Over time, I discovered that Haifa is a wasted potential that no one cares to develop. The beautiful city could easily become the San Francisco of the Middle East, and instead I found neglect, indifference, entire streets of abandoned businesses. Ruinous roads that make your intestines hurt when you drive, and a kind of general lethargy that has turned this gem into a sleeping city.
    Isn't it time for the city's new generation, young people from all the communities of the mixed city, to take matters into their own hands and reveal the benefits of this amazing city?

    • What kind of young people? The city is the oldest in Israel. 23 percent are elderly and the median age is among the highest in the country.
      Young people vote with their feet and move out to small, homogeneous cities around them, which are investing in new, younger, cheaper neighborhoods. A third of the population of Ramot Carmel are retirees. A third of the city council are retirees. An 81-year-old mayor. A city secretary who was brought back from retirement. Three retired deputies. How can we continue to turn a blind eye to the situation?!

  5. A complete failure in the management of the city – will be remembered forever and will be a source of worldwide condemnation.
    A complete failure of the public integrity of the city's senior officials.
    A complete failure by the engineering manager.
    A complete failure of municipal legal advice.
    A complete failure in hiring building engineers on behalf of the municipality – TAMA engineers with serial false statements.
    A complete failure in the proper development of the city.
    A complete failure in employment development in the city.
    A complete failure in the development of public parks.
    Complete success in destroying the Green Carmel.
    Absolute concern for covering the salaries of municipal employees at the expense of the residents.
    Absolute hostility towards the residents.
    Absolute municipal vengeance against those who reveal the truth and disrupting illegal actions.
    A complete municipal success in turning Haifa residents into enemies of the municipality and its head.
    Colombia is here in Haifa!

  6. I am very disturbed by the spread of Haredi in Haifa.
    Haifa has always been a liberal working-class city, but now, quietly, entire neighborhoods are turning into Mea Shearim, which is completely changing the character of the city. I didn't come to Haifa to live in a synagogue and I won't allow new immigrants to dictate and change the character of life in the city.

    • This happens in many places in the north, and it's like that in Nahariya too.

    • Come to Bnei Brak! I wish Haifa would become Bnei Brak - a prosperous, honest city from an economic perspective. Each one-room apartment is worth 2 million NIS. A municipality that is attentive to its residents, lively and kicking until 2 am. Businesses are booming and you can leave a door open without a thief and a drug addict breaking in and stealing your things. Tuff, tuff, on the city of Haifa, which is polluted in every way. Haredim are better!!

    • Motka (or your real name, Ahmed) We Jews prefer Haredi to evil Kaplanists…
      Get out of our country!

  7. The municipality does not invest enough in improving infrastructure, upgrading the appearance of the city, cultivating gardens and squares, and landscaping along with natural vegetation.
    They can be places of entertainment and leisure for the benefit of many residents. Also, the lighting on the streets is inadequate and despite many complaints, there is no improvement.

  8. If they dealt with the violence on the streets, the rest would be dwarfed, there would be a lack of police, a lack of security, criminals would take over the city streets.
    Strong leadership is needed to stand up to crime families.
    The city is just fading away, unfortunately.
    All the best and may all the kidnapped be restored.

  9. Hadar is an old-fashioned hell full of narcos, a complete underground city, many years of hoarding of Arabs from the villages, Haifa, bad educational institutions, everything is old-fashioned, in short, only a young, vibrant mayor and not all these Hebrews, Yona and all the delusional ones.

  10. I am personally happy with Haifa and love it and always will, but the quality of life cannot remain high once they have significantly crammed and are significantly cramming the most beautiful neighborhoods in Haifa on Mount Carmel and turning them into monotonous concrete monsters.

    • The picture does not represent the real situation. In reality, the city is bad, the most neglected city in the country, a city with no sports facilities, no services for residents.
      There is a constant negative migration of the best of the boys towards the center, every second office in Tel Aviv contains a former Haifaite. In short, the best are leaving, and in their place we get a city of Arab refugees from the villages.
      A great city for Arabs, bad for Jews, bad for Israelis. It's a shame there's no one to take care of the thousands of new immigrants who have come to the city and will leave because of the municipality's negligence.

  11. Take out all the Amalek seed that filled Haifa and see how the quality of life will increase. From the moment Haifa was filled with them, the quality in the city dropped precipitously.

    • Amalek and Trash are the Haradinians and the Kippots. May they not take over here either.

  12. "Only 29.9% of Haifa residents are dissatisfied with the length of time it takes them to get to work, compared to 44.3% of the national average, a figure that indicates more convenient and efficient public transportation in the city."
    Absolutely not. This figure indicates proximity to workplaces. Measure the duration of time, not the duration of time spent on public transportation. Most of the working public today has a private vehicle that is used to get to workplaces. The way the question was worded examined arrival at work (if you leave at 7 am, there are also fewer traffic jams, for example).
    The way the survey is conducted indicates a huge gap in the number of questions that do not separate public transportation from questions such as what is the main means of getting to work and whether you would like to switch to public transportation but are unable to, and why.

  13. The quality of life in Haifa improved thanks to a park that got rid of the pests. Whose polls are they on, Kalisch activists? You see.

  14. How can I be satisfied that my outdoor companions are scary pigs??? That walking on the sidewalk is life-threatening due to potholes and potholes??? That getting an answer from the municipality is a story that goes on and on and on…

    • You're right. Everything is neglected. Dirty. Roads are ruined and sidewalks too. Not everyone lives in Carmel. Even in K. Eliezer and it gets dark early and there is no adequate description, not to mention wild boars.

  15. You can talk a little more nonsense. I live in Haifa and I'm sick of Haifa and nothing about Haifa. I've always been satisfied and I'm very satisfied. So stop opening your mouth. And I'm sure that Herzliya and Ramat Gan are at a much lower level than Haifa. So stop.

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