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Obama Family Voted Most Desirable Celebrity Neighbor for 2010
'Octomom' Named Worst Neighbor; Americans Unsure if Tiger Woods Would Make a Good Neighbor, According to Annual Zillow® Celebrity Neighbor Survey
Dec 29, 2009
SEATTLE, Dec. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. adults would most like to be neighbors with the Obama family, according to the third annual Zillow Celebrity Neighbor Survey(i). "Octomom" Nadya Suleman was named the least desirable neighbor of 2009. The survey asked more than 2,000 U.S. adults which celebrity they would most like to have as their neighbor, and who they wouldn't want to share a fence with.
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In 2010 more adults would like to be neighbors with the Obamas (14 percent) than second-place Sarah Palin (12 percent) and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and Portia DeRossi (12 percent). Country music superstar Taylor Swift ranked third with 9 percent of the vote, followed by Oprah (7 percent) and football legend Tom Brady and his model wife Gisele Bundchen (3 percent).
According to adults surveyed, not all celebrities would make good neighbors. Seventeen percent of adults named Nadya Suleman (i.e., Octomom) the worst neighbor of 2009, followed closely by Jon and Kate Gosselin (16 percent).
In light of recent news, adults appear to be indecisive about whether or not professional golfer Tiger Woods would make a good neighbor. Three percent of adults found him to be a desirable neighbor for 2010, while only slightly more (4 percent) thought he was the worst neighbor of 2009. The same confusion surrounds Sarah Palin, who last year was ranked at the top of the desirable neighbor list. While 12 percent thought Palin to be a desirable neighbor for 2010, 11 percent voted her as the worst neighbor of 2009 - ranking her simultaneously near the top of both the "best" and "worst" lists this year.
"For two years in a row now, Americans have made it clear that they think politicians and talk show hosts make the best neighbors. If nothing else, there will be plenty to talk about at the summer barbecue," said Amy Bohutinsky, Zillow.com vice president of communications. "Meanwhile, this year we noticed a trend on the worst-neighbor side; apparently Americans are opposed to living next door to a brood of young children, particularly those that come with a television crew and paparazzi."
Two controversial couples famous for capitalizing on media attention also made the worst list. One in ten (11 percent) did not want to live next to Richard and Mayumi Heene, parents of the infamous Balloon Boy in 2009. Reality TV stars Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt received 8 percent of the vote. Britney Spears, voted number one worst neighbor of 2008 (19 percent), received only 7 percent of the vote in 2009, ranking seventh on the "worst" list.
Most Desirable Neighbors for 2010 Worst Neighbors of 2009
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Name Percent Name Percent
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The Obamas 14 Nadya Suleman ( i.e., Octomom) 17
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Ellen DeGeneres and
Portia DeRossi 12 Jon and Kate Gosselin 16
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Sarah Palin 12 Sarah Palin 11
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Taylor Swift 9 Richard and Mayumi Heene
(i.e., parents of balloon boy) 11
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Oprah Winfrey 7 Kanye West 8
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Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen 3 Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt 8
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Tiger Woods 3 Britney Spears 7
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Robert Pattinson 1 Tiger Woods 4
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For more celebrity real estate news or celebrity foreclosures, visit the Zillow Blog. One of the largest U.S. real estate sites, an average of, 8.3 million unique visitors came to Zillow each month this year, up 60 percent over 2008.
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(i) Harris Interactive® fielded the Celebrity Neighbors study on behalf of Zillow.com from December 15-17, 2009 via its QuickQuerySM online omnibus service, interviewing a nationwide sample of 2,257 U.S. adults aged 18 years and older. This online survey is not based on a probability sample and therefore no estimate of theoretical sampling error can be calculated. For complete survey methodology, including weighting variables, please email press@zillow.com.
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