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Senior citizens are happiest living in these US states, study says
Nypost via Fox News ^ | 05/30/2025 | Angelica Stabile

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 ...


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New jersey? 🤔

Utah Idaho Connecticut Delaware Nebraska Hawaii New Hampshire Minnesota New Jersey Vermont

1 posted on 06/01/2025 9:21:44 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

From this article seniors must like being cold. Strange.


2 posted on 06/01/2025 9:23:48 AM PDT by packagingguy
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To: ChicagoConservative27

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?’


3 posted on 06/01/2025 9:24:02 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Excellent, I’m very happy where I am and it wasn’t mentioned.


4 posted on 06/01/2025 9:24:27 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The road is a dangerous place man, you can die out here...or worse. -Johnny Paycheck, 1980, Reno, NV)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

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!


5 posted on 06/01/2025 9:27:07 AM PDT by albie
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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.


6 posted on 06/01/2025 9:27:07 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Diversity is our Strength” just doesn’t carry the same message as “Death from Above”)
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“New jersey? 🤔”

Most likely the NJ version of USAID paid the Post to publish this, or paid the polling company, or both.


7 posted on 06/01/2025 9:29:21 AM PDT by BobL
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Aloha..!


8 posted on 06/01/2025 9:29:26 AM PDT by dakine
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To: ChicagoConservative27; All

NO effing way! Like another commenter, though, I am glad my area is not on the list.


9 posted on 06/01/2025 9:30:38 AM PDT by notdownwidems (Washington D.C. has become the enemy of free people everywhere!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Happy because family, friends and familiar places are all here. That precludes all possibility or desire to move to another place.


10 posted on 06/01/2025 9:31:18 AM PDT by I want the USA back (America is once again GREAT! )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Idaho is the only one of these states where I ever would have considered living.


11 posted on 06/01/2025 9:33:08 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: lee martell

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.


12 posted on 06/01/2025 9:33:18 AM PDT by Leaning Right (It's morning in America. Again.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

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).


13 posted on 06/01/2025 9:33:33 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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Thank you for your service


14 posted on 06/01/2025 9:35:00 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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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.


15 posted on 06/01/2025 9:43:37 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: Leaning Right

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


16 posted on 06/01/2025 9:47:23 AM PDT by PCPOET7 (`)
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To: Night Hides Not

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.


17 posted on 06/01/2025 9:47:47 AM PDT by KC_for_Freedom (retired aerospace engineer and CSP who also taught)
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To: packagingguy
“ From this article seniors must like being cold.”

This Senior much prefers the colder weather states. But I’m an outlier. I also like camping and ice fishing in single digit temperatures.

18 posted on 06/01/2025 9:49:49 AM PDT by circlecity
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And no mention of Florida?

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.

19 posted on 06/01/2025 9:50:05 AM PDT by daler
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To: ChicagoConservative27

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.


20 posted on 06/01/2025 9:57:02 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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