TY - JOUR N2 - The main objective of the article is an attempt to indicate factors which determine the image of a city as a good place to live as well as to reveal the ways in which they affect the citizens’ quality of life. In order to do so, the author selected the city of Gdynia which is perceived as the best city to live in by its citizens. Among the most important factors determining the quality of life in general there are: the scale of a city, local identity, public spaces, symbolic places, housing environment, perception of a place, personal satisfaction of a place where a particular person lives, urban policies as well as presence and activeness of local leaders. The article presents the results of a social study carried out by the author herself during two periods of time – in 2004 and 2014 as well as the results of the Social Diagnosis 2015. L1 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/110310/PDF/07%20Szmytkowska%20-%20Studia%20187.pdf L2 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/110310 PY - 2018 EP - 93 KW - Gdynia KW - public space KW - quality of life KW - residential space KW - urban policy A1 - Szmytkowska, Magdalena PB - Polska Akademia Nauk Komitet Przestrzennego Zagospodarowania Kraju VL - tom 187 Piękno i energia: współczesny model budowania dzielnic mieszkaniowych w Europie DA - 2019.01.15 T1 - Main Determinants for Cutting the City as a Good Place for Live on the Example of Gdynia SP - 81 UR - http://www.journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/110310 T2 - Studia KPZK ER -