We're going to file this under the "we never really thought about it but okay" category.
According to a new survey from Zillow, the football player Americans most want to be next-door neighbors with is Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, who is as famous for dating Taylor Swift as he is for his football prowess. Kelce (12%) topped the list of professional football players, beating out his teammate Patrick Mahomes (11%) and Odell Beckham Jr. (7%), a 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% of whom selected the tight end as their preferred next-door neighbor, compared to 8% of men in that age range. Could his big win be attributed more to Swifties wishing they could catch a glimpse of his celebrity girlfriend than to the man himself? We're thinking maybe.
Of course, real-life neighbors can make or break big-game festivities. Zillow's survey finds 60% of Americans could be friends with a neighbor who actively supports a rival football team, but fewer than half — 46% — would invite a neighbor who roots against their team to their big-game watch party. Only 12% of Americans admit to snooping on their big-game party host's home value online.
Many Americans (44%) would throw a penalty flag on a neighbor who made a party foul during the big game, like firing up their noisy leaf blower or snow blower during the big game, showing up empty-handed to a watch party, or double-dipping into the guacamole.
If there was a trophy for "most valuable neighbor," more than 2 in 5 Americans (44%) would award it to the neighbor who makes the best big-game food, and 16% to the biggest football fan.
