Posted on 06/01/2025 9:21:44 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Where you live can have a big impact on your mental health.
Particularly for seniors, it’s important to settle down in a location that promotes happiness.
Older adults face a higher risk of mental health problems due to circumstances like the loss of loved ones, loneliness, chronic illness or disability, medications, changes brought on by retirement and other stressors, according to the National Council on Aging.
Caring.com, a senior care resource, recently released its Senior Happiness Index, revealing where in the country seniors are happiest based on WalletHub’s state happiness roundup.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Utah Idaho Connecticut Delaware Nebraska Hawaii New Hampshire Minnesota New Jersey Vermont
From this article seniors must like being cold. Strange.
I’ve never received any poll taker’s questions like that;
out of the blue asking me ‘Are You Happy?’.
I would be instantly skeptical and suspicious of the motivation behind the question. ‘Why? Who wants to know?’
Excellent, I’m very happy where I am and it wasn’t mentioned.
Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey make no sense. I lived in Wilmington, Delaware years ago and I wouldn’t wish that town on my worst enemy. I have clients that moved out of Connecticut because it’s so miserable. Huge taxes, high crime. New Jersey because…it’s New Jersey. Although Brigantine is super nice!
Yay, Idaho! People in general are very happy in Idaho.
I’m biased…mom was born there in 1927 and grew up there until she married dad and moved to New York. Mom always reminisced about Idaho. Plus, we moved there seven years ago.
“New jersey? 🤔”
Most likely the NJ version of USAID paid the Post to publish this, or paid the polling company, or both.
Aloha..!
NO effing way! Like another commenter, though, I am glad my area is not on the list.
Happy because family, friends and familiar places are all here. That precludes all possibility or desire to move to another place.
Idaho is the only one of these states where I ever would have considered living.
I continue to believe that all poll results have a liberal bias.
And that’s because liberals love to talk about feelings, and give their opinions. So they’ll yap all day to a telephone pollster. And they’ll spend hours filling out questionnaires.
On the other hand, conservatives don’t have time for that. We’re too busy working on our cars or doing home repairs.
I’ve been a naturalized Texan since July 8, 1976, when I reported for active duty at Fort Bliss. Except for a 4+ year tour in Germany, I’ve remained in Texas (except for vacation road trips).
Thank you for your service
It was a privilege. The Army was very good to me, such as paying my way through college, and sending me to Germany for 4+ years.
the few times I have had a pollster call. I have told them to remove me from there call lists...I do not answer pollsters
Yes, Texas is the place I’d dearly love to be
Lived there for some me time, love to two step, but our only son chose to live and work in Silicon Valley. Phooey— but there is The Villages Golf and Country club where we have never seen anyone who is unhappy.
This Senior much prefers the colder weather states. But I’m an outlier. I also like camping and ice fishing in single digit temperatures.
I don’t live there, but somehow I would find warm weather, the seashore, and low taxes and conservative values quite appealing for senior citizendom.
I wonder if the state of mind has anything to do with the proximity of family?
I know that my happiness is dependent on my wife’s happiness. And her happiness is dependent on spending time around our grandkids. So, as much as I dislike living in MA…we ain’t moving.
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