New York City is the most unhappy city in America (Happiest States LA and MT)

Maket Watch ^ | July 18,2014 | – Steve Goldstein

[Hojczyk]

In short, New Yorkers are unhappiest on an “adjusted” basis; but scoff at those adjustments as you like, they are still third-most-unhappy region (of the areas where there are at least 200 respondents) out of 177 metro areas on an unadjusted basis.

It’d be blithe to say those who work on Wall Street are scientifically miserable. But remember, money buys happiness. So, probably not.

The happiest five cities are all in Louisiana, with Lafayette taking the crown (Louisiana is also the happiest state). The unhappiest cities, after New York City, are St. Joseph, Mo,;.; South Bend, Ind.; Erie, Penn.; and the Evansville, Ind.-Henderson, Ky. area.

http://blogs.marketwatch.com/capitolreport/2014/07/18/new-york-city-is-the-most-unhappy-city-in-america/

[stanne]

Trash collection is big business, status quo. No innovative thinkers welcome.

[BobL]

Sweet!! Having lived in California for a while, I got to LOVE them.

[Ditter]

I have been to NYC a few times and I always had the feeling that if I had a heart attack and fell to the sidewalk, people would just step over me and keep going. I felt like I was invisible. I hope I am wrong.

Houston has become almost that big and extremely crowded in places and people will still smile, say hello and hold the door open for you. I try to do that just to keep the tradition alive.

[SamAdams76]

With regard to NYC, I'd take it with a grain of salt. New Yorkers consider it a badge of honor to be cynical and "world weary" and that will come across in any survey. Fact is, everybody wants to be there which is why just renting a tiny flat in Manhattan will set you back thousands of dollars a month. It really is a happening place but it's not cool for them to say so.

To each his own, but I've done time in both urban and rural areas. I would rather have the best of both worlds - to work in the city yet have a nice and quiet leafy suburban retreat for nights and weekends.

[Oratam]

All thrash in NYC must go out through the front door as the city lacks a network of service alleys. From the richest to the poorest, the trash must be placed in front of one’s house at the curb. Businesses perform this routine daily. NY will always be dirty.

[freedomfiter2]

There’s just something about being surrounded by millions of rude leftists.

[X-spurt]

To get that you have to stay out of the big cities.

[SamAdams76]

The heartlessness of New Yorkers is exaggerated. There is probably no better place than to have a massive heart attack on a NYC sidewalk (that is, if you must have one). Within minutes, you will be whisked to a major hospital where some of the best doctors, with some of the best facilities in the world, should be able to save you.

Contrast that with having a heart attack in say, Douglas, Alabama, in which you are an hour from Huntsville and an hour and a half from Birmingham. The people helping you might be more polite but they will not likely be able to save you. With cell coverage spotty, you might not even be able to get an ambulance in time.

[Ditter]

My comment was for the attitude of the residents not the quality of their medical care or their cell phone coverage. Did you not notice that?

[BobL]

“To get that you have to stay out of the big cities.”

Yep, for sure. They get polarized in the cities. Look at Atlanta on that map.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Yes, I know that. I was trying to make a funny!

[fision]

I had quite the opposite experience to yours. I found them extremely helpful. Just stop for a few seconds and look puzzled and somebody will ask if everything is ok or if you need help. NYC changed dramatically after 911 and is much more friendly than other world-class cities. If you fall down and don’t get up you may be mistaken for a drunk or panhandler, but somebody will eventually check you. If you clutch your chest or trip, as you are falling you will likely be caught by alert stranger; I trip over my feet quite often on slick pavement and can attest to this.

[Ditter]

That is good to know! Thanks! It has been before 9/11 since I have been to NYC.

Many years ago we lived for a year in Conn. and I remember people being unfriendly and when someone would find out I was from Texas I was slightly ridiculed, (where is your horse, you aren’t wearing boots etc.)/ Maybe they were joking but I remember it made me feel like the outsider that I was. I came away and I had not made a single friend and that is not my nature.

From Conn. we moved to Virginia and it was totally different, more like home.

[jocon307]

One thing that is really good is to have avocados with soy sauce. Delish!

[chiefqc]

And where would the surprise be?

[fision]

Occasionally, if I had nothing else to do, I would leave my hotel in mid-town and take the subway to Times Square and make my way over to Hell’s Kitchen which is away from the tourist area. I would stop at a local bar and invariably land up sitting next to a group of strangers. They always invited me into their conversations, regardless of the topic. The topics were usually controversial and everybody had an opinion which they were certain was the right one. I enjoyed playing the devils advocate to get a good argument going. In no time, I felt like I was one of the gang! I don’t know any other city where I could have such a stimulating conversation with strangers.

[American Infidel]

Many years ago we lived for a year in Conn. and I remember people being unfriendly and when someone would find out I was from Texas I was slightly ridiculed, (where is your horse, you aren’t wearing boots etc.)

That is an example of the leftist elitism which is common along the coastal states (east & west). They have an air of superiority over and a very dismissive view of anyone from "flyover" country and have no shame at all about putting their ignorance on display in that regard.

I see this first-hand from time to time, living in NJ and commuting to NY each day to work. Trying to live as frugally as possible and squirrel away as much as possible while working a relatively high-paying job so I can relocate to "flyover" country sooner rather than later.

None of these Manhattan "elites" would last a week in an economic meltdown. Most of them lack the ability to do anything self-sustainable in the way that some "rube" from flyover country is able to do. A "crisis" to the NY crowd is a long line at Starbucks.

[MamaB]

I like to eat avocados like an apple.

[jocon307]

I used to like to eat tomatoes like that when I was a kid. My grandmother’s Italian neighbor grew them in his yard in Queens, NY and would bring them over.

Maybe when you’re a kid everything tastes delicious, or maybe old Salvatore just great great tomatoes. I remember them as being divine!

[SamAdams76]

I think you would find their attitude satisfactory should you have a heart attack in Manhattan. An ambulance would be dispatched quickly and you would have at least a semi-circle of concerned citizens gazing down upon you, wringing their hands and a few will be kneeled down loosening your shirt collar and making you comfortable as the sirens approached.