Nearly a third of New Yorkers say they think about 9/11 every day. Nearly a third said their lives have not gone back to pre-9/11 routines, and that they were still dealing with changes caused by the attacks. Sixty-nine percent said they were “very concerned” about another attack in their hometown, compared to 74 percent in October 2001.

Outside of New York, Americans, in many ways, have adjusted to the “new normal” of the post-9/11 era, the national survey suggests. In contrast to the frantic fall of 2001, their fears of another attack seem less acute and personal: Only 22 percent in the national poll said they were still “very concerned” about an attack in the area where they live, down from 39 percent five years ago. Three fourths said daily life has largely returned to normal.

But New Yorkers were more likely to say that they, personally, feel uneasy about the prospect of terrorist attacks. They were also less likely to say the federal government had done all that “could be reasonably expected” to protect the nation from future terrorist attacks; 72 percent of New Yorkers said the government could do more, compared to 58 percent in the national survey.

Nearly six in ten New Yorkers said they would not be willing to work on a high floor in a new building at the World Trade Center site. Forty percent said they still feel nervous and edgy because of the attacks.

“I don’t feel safe,” said Elizabeth Vinas, 43, a receptionist from Brooklyn, interviewed in a follow-up to the poll. “I don’t know when there will be another attack, I just think they will try again.”

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