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Happiest States Revealed by New Research


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http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/200912...edbynewresearch

 

 

Here are the 50 U.S. states (and the District of Columbia) in order of their well-being:

 

1. Louisiana

2. Hawaii

3. Florida

4. Tennessee

5. Arizona

6. Mississippi

7. Montana

8. South Carolina

9. Alabama

10. Maine

11. Alaska

12. North Carolina

13. Wyoming

14. Idaho

15. South Dakota

16. Texas

17. Arkansas

18. Vermont

19. Georgia

20. Oklahoma

21. Colorado

22. Delaware

23. Utah

24. New Mexico

25. North Dakota

26. Minnesota

27. New Hampshire

28. Virginia

29. Wisconsin

30. Oregon

31. Iowa

32. Kansas

33. Nebraska

34. West Virginia

35. Kentucky

36. Washington

37. District of Columbia

38. Missouri

39. Nevada

40. Maryland

41. Pennsylvania

42. Rhode Island

43. Massachusetts

44. Ohio

45. Illinois

46. California

47. Indiana

48. Michigan

49. New Jersey

50. Connecticut

51. New York They dont like being in last place :lol:

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Florida? Mississippi? Alabama? South Carolina?

 

Who did this study, a Southern States Tourist Board?! Ohh, not them if they existed, but "Andrew Oswald of the University of Warwick in England",!

 

"When human beings give you an answer on a numerical scale about how satisfied they are with their lives, it is best to pay attention. Their answers are reliable"

 

Their results come from a comparison of two data sets of happiness levels in each state, one that relied on participants' self-reported well-being and the other an objective measure that took into account a state's weather, home prices and other factors that are known reasons to frown (or smile).

 

Wow, what a study... based on an 'objective measure'. The WEATHER?!?! Home prices? Known reasons? Now it all makes sense... this study is, how you would say in the UK, a load of bollocks.

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Anyone willing to tell him that there are only 11 spots below MD?

 

 

Sooo not true. See?

 

 

 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/200912...edbynewresearch

 

 

Here are the 50 U.S. states (and the District of Columbia) in order of their well-being:

 

41. Pennsylvania

42. Rhode Island

43. Massachusetts

44. Ohio

45. Illinois

46. California

47. Indiana

48. Michigan

49. New Jersey

50. Connecticut

51. Confusion

52. Maryland

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