Qualities and characteristics of the built environment have been suggested to drive residents community satisfaction, but is community development really that simple? Previous research has examined community offerings and attempted to identify the most significant predictors of community satisfaction. However, prior studies have failed to account for resident's access to potential predictors of community satisfaction. Using data from the Soul of the Community survey, this article examines the influence of tolerance on the built environments affect on community satisfaction. Incorporating tolerance addresses how access to characteristics of the built environment may affect their influence on resident's community satisfaction. Tolerance was found to partially mediate the built environments affect on community satisfaction. These findings suggest that the most beautiful and vibrant built environment may not produce the most satisfied residents if residents are not tolerant of each other.
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