S/N/15. City Living in Leeds

City Living is a relatively recent property and lifestyle phenomenon, it combines living, working and leisure in central locations. In Leeds this has resulted in a rapid increase in the resident population of the City Centre, but little was known about this group. To understand the processes that attract people to the City Centre and the long-term viability of City Living a wide-spread quantitative survey was undertaken; consisting of questionnaires delivered to residents in city centre apartments, and it constituted the largest survey of its kind in Leeds. The results highlight the dominance of younger, high-earning, childless professionals in the population and the symbiotic relationship of work and residency. Detailed analysis uncovered that improvements could (and should) be made with regard to some service provision. Differences were also noted between residents lifestyles dependent on certain characteristics: notably age, job level and tenure, all of which display interdependency. It concludes with the introduction of the concept of a §Two Speed City Centre.