States ranked from happiest to least cheerful

Seattle PI ^ | 12/17/09 | staff

[pissant]

WASHINGTON -- A new study found that people who report more satisfaction with their lives live in states that score well on things like good schools, low crime and short commuting time, perhaps a first objective look at why some states are happier than others.

The state-by-state list, from happiest to least cheery:

1. Louisiana

2. Hawaii

3. Florida

4. Tennessee

5. Arizona

(snip)

45. Illinois

46. California

47. New Jersey

48. Indiana

49. Michigan

50. Connecticut

51. New York

[divine_moment_of_facts]

Apparently, Louisianians don’t recognize that they are living in hell.

Louisianians are too HIGH to know they're living in Hell.

[Skenderbej]

WA is only like that if you live on the west side. Why do you think so many of them are infecting (via moving) the east side these days?

[cardinal4]

Cajuns are happy in a shack if they got enough crawdads in the cooking pot.

Not a bad life..

[truthguy]

California is rapidly becoming a third world country. I think that's why so many are grim. They can see the future and the future is Tijuana. That's depressing and that's what bumming so many out despite the spin the liberals are trying to put on it! They drank the multicultural kool-aid and now it's too late.

Also the welfare state that was constructed between 1950 and today is in complete collapse. The economics of the state can no longer support it. Liberals are in denial as they always are, blaming it on Prop 13 or George Bush or whatever. Their world is ending and it's killing them. They never have understood that the problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money. The liberals can't accept this.

California is finished. Demographics is destiny-another thing the liberals can't accept. Maybe the very Northern parts of the state can be saved but anything south of Marin County, forget it.

[hoosier hick]

Re: Indiana at #48

Blowback from supporting Obama...

hh

[COBOL2Java]

51. New York

"Being miserable and treating other people like dirt is every New Yorker's God-given right!"

Mayor "Lenny" from 'Ghostbusters 2'

[STE=Q]

I lived in Hawaii for a few years.

It was a long time ago but I can’t remember meeting anyone that was actually unhappy!

STE=Q

[Skenderbej]

I know a couple of Freepers from TN who should be on the bottom end of that list! (But not you, of course =))

[bayliving]

Maryland is ranked #40 and I am not happy about that...

It has nothing to do with the fact that my state is totally controlled by democrats that would like to see me enslaved to the state. /sarc

[paulycy]

27. Virginia

I feel moderately happy about that.

[swain_forkbeard]

Ever been to Louisiana?

[chemicalman]

I'm in Louisiana, and happy.

But I have this urge to go to Alaska after reading Palin's book.
Smoked caribou sausage sounds like it'd make a good gumbo.

[GeronL]

You know. I bet they are. lol.

[The Cajun]

Apparently, Louisianians don’t recognize that they are living in hell.

We drink a lot!!!
Seriously, don't equate the third world sh**hole that is New Orleans with the rest of the state. Myself and a bunch of others have no use or need of New Orleans, it is a corrupt embarrassment.

[truth_seeker]

I live in Orange County California, my congressman has a lifetime ACU rating of 95, we are happy, have good schools, low crime.

High today 70 F. Sunsets across the Pacifc which silhouette Catalina Island are gorgeous.

Like President Ronald Reagan, I choose to live out my days here.

[bayliving]

Eat the tails, suck the heads!

I could eat mud bugs all day long and NEVER fill up on them.

[ClearBlueSky]

This native knows that Louisiana is a wet hell- especially SE LA. They must have taken the survey after one of the million ‘fests’.
And the Saints ain’t doin’ it for me either. I LOATHE football, and this deifying a football team makes me nauseous.

[ransomnote]

*California wads up a sheet of printer paper to make a ‘nerf’ ball and tries to bounce it off the head of the New Yorker...and misses but doesn’t regret the attempt*

[ransomnote]

*California wads up a sheet of printer paper to make a ‘nerf’ ball and tries to bounce it off the head of the New Yorker...and misses but doesn’t regret the attempt*

[Chickensoup]

There are 51 states?