A new survey from Zillow finds the NFL player Americans most want to be next-door neighbors with is Travis Kelce, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end who is in a relationship with Taylor Swift.
Kelce (12 percent) topped the list of professional football players, beating out his teammate Patrick Mahomes (11 percent) and Odell Beckham Jr. (7 percent), wide receiver for the Chiefs’ AFC Championship Game opponent, the Baltimore Ravens.
Kelce was the overwhelming favorite among 18- to 34-year-old women, 26 percent of whom selected the tight end as their preferred next-door neighbor, compared with 8 percent of men in that age range.
In the battle of the big-game quarterbacks, Americans would rather share a fence with Patrick Mahomes than San Fransisco 49ers signal caller Brock Purdy (3 percent), according to the recent survey.
Snoop Dogg (12 percent) is the halftime performer Americans would most want to live next door to, with strong support from elder millennials ages 35–44 (17 percent). Jennifer Lopez tied Lady Gaga for second place (11 percent each).
Only 3 percent of Americans picked Usher, this year's halftime headliner, as their top choice for a next-door neighbor.
In the football broadcasters category, Terry Bradshaw (17 percent) is America's preferred celebrity neighbor, favored by those ages 45 and older (21 percent). The Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback and keynote speaker at this past October’s ALTA ONE conference came out ahead of his FOX Sports co-host Michael Strahan, who was selected by 13 percent of Americans.
Of course, real-life neighbors can make or break big-game festivities. Zillow’s survey finds 60 percent of Americans could be friends with a neighbor who actively supports a rival football team, but fewer than half — 46 percent — would invite a neighbor who roots against their team to their big-game watch party. Only 12 percent of Americans admit to snooping on their big-game party host’s home value online.
Many Americans would throw a penalty flag on a neighbor who made a party foul during the big game. More than 2 in 5 (44 percent) would issue a penalty for "unneighborly conduct" if a neighbor fired up their noisy leaf blower or snow blower during the big game. Four in 10 (40 percent) would throw a flag if a neighbor showed up empty-handed to a watch party, while 36 percent would blow the whistle for double-dipping into the guacamole.
If there was a trophy for “most valuable neighbor,” more than 2 in 5 Americans (44 percent) would award it to the neighbor who makes the best big-game food, and 16 percent to the biggest football fan. Fewer Americans would award the coveted “MVN” trophy to the neighbor with the biggest TV (13 percent) or the comfiest couch (7 percent).