A recent study of children aged between four and eleven years old has revealed that their notion of the ideal home presents major challenges to conventional wisdom. More than a quarter of the youngest group expressed a desire to live in a house made either entirely of sweets or of toys rather than more traditional materials. One in four boys and nearly half the girls would choose to live in a fairytale castle.
I wonder if it will be acceptable to replace "would choose" with "chose". Also, if the answer is positive, will there be any difference in meaning?