Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Happiest Cities

I have been hearing about Kansas City not doing well in this survey. It's good to know we don't come in at the bottom of the list.

The 10 happiest cities are:

1. Boulder, CO
2. Holland-Grand Haven, MI
3. Honolulu, HI
4. Provo-Orem, UT
5. Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA
6. Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA
7. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
8. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
9. Ogden-Clearfield, UT
10. Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA

... and the 10 unhappiest cities are:

153. Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL
154. Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC
155. Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
156. Evansville, IN-KY
157. Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA
158. Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA
159. Flint, MI
160. Charleston, WV
161. Modesto, CA
162. Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH

From USA TODAY

2 comments:

Donna. W said...

You know the quote that is always attributed to Abe Lincoln, I'm sure: "Most people are as happy as they make up their minds to be."
I just don't think the city makes that much difference.

GB, RN said...

I think the happiness factor is directly correlated to the amount of anti-depressants used...per capita.

Such is the case of Utah, anyway.