U.S. adults would most like to be neighbors with Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow in 2012, according to the fifth annual Zillow Celebrity Neighbor Survey. The cast of the reality TV show "Jersey Shore" was named least desirable neighbors of 2011. Meanwhile, 42 percent of surveyed adults said they did not want to live next to any celebrities, up from 27 percent last year. The annual Zillow poll asks U.S. adults which celebrities they would most like to be their neighbor, and with whom they wouldn't want to share a fence.
Most Desirable Neighbors for 2012. In the coming year, 11 percent of adults surveyed would like to be neighbors with Tebow. His popularity was significantly higher among males (14 percent) compared to females (7 percent).
Celebrity super couples Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, and Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux received 10 percent and 9 percent of the vote, respectively. Americans with children, however, preferred to live next to Jolie and Pitt (14 percent) rather than Aniston and Theroux (9 percent).
Worst Neighbors for 2011
For the second year in a row, the "Jersey Shore" cast was voted worst neighbors of the year. More than one in four (28 percent) surveyed Americans found the reality show cast to be the most undesirable neighbors of 2011, a slight increase from 26 percent in the 2010 Zillow Celebrity Neighbor Survey. Twenty-one percent of respondents found Charlie Sheen to be the worst neighbor, ranking second by a large margin compared to competitors Lindsay Lohan (14 percent) and Kim Kardashian (13 percent).
"As a voyeuristic culture that breathlessly tracks every celebrity movement, it's extremely surprising to see so many Americans saying they wouldn't like to live next to any celebrity at all. In fact, more people opted out of a celebrity neighbor in 2012 than in any of the past years we've run this poll," said Zillow Chief Marketing Officer Amy Bohutinsky. "We may want to watch, read and talk about celebrities, but when it comes to sharing a back fence, many Americans think it's just too close for comfort."
Other Most Desirable Neighbors for 2012 include Jennifer Lopez, Beyonce & Jay-Z and Nancy Grace.
And some of the Worst Neighbors of 2011 include Anthony Weiner and Kim Kardashian.
