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These 10 cities are among the world’s happiest: new report
The Hill ^ | 06/17/2024 | ADDY BINK

Posted on 06/17/2024 7:37:42 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

(NEXSTAR) – The U.S. may have fallen off the list of the happiest countries for the first time this year but that doesn’t mean there aren’t pockets of happy folks across the nation. In fact, 10 U.S. cities recently ranked among the happiest cities in the world.

Researchers with the Institute for Quality of Life, a London-based organization, recently released its latest ‘Happy City Index’ of the 250 happiest cities in the world. They analyzed various “indicators…that directly relate to the quality of life and the sense of happiness of its residents.”

Cities needed to have at least 300,000 inhabitants, though those “whose achievements distinguish them substantially from others, have been added,” researchers explained. They were all ranked based on five areas that “have a direct impact on happiness”: citizens, governance, environment, economy, and mobility.

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KEYWORDS: citites; happiest; report; worlds
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SF is number 10?? WTH
1 posted on 06/17/2024 7:37:42 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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Rich Chinese and White liberals.


2 posted on 06/17/2024 7:38:52 AM PDT by nwrep
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Ignorance is bliss?


3 posted on 06/17/2024 7:38:53 AM PDT by traderrob6
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Well they say everyone there is gay, so...


4 posted on 06/17/2024 7:39:55 AM PDT by Rio
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“SF is number 10?? WTH”

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Someone not all that familiar with the English language confused “happy” with “gay”.


5 posted on 06/17/2024 7:40:14 AM PDT by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
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While Europe dominated the golden group, comprising 37 cities, one U.S. city made the coveted group: Minneapolis, Minnesota.

That's all I needed to know to show the report has highly flawed criteria with regards to the US cities.

6 posted on 06/17/2024 7:40:42 AM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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From the article:

In total, 10 U.S. cities landed on The Happy City Index. Ranked among the ‘silver’ cities were Boston; Baltimore; and the District of Columbia. Bronze cities were San Francisco; Salt Lake City; Madison, Wisconsin; Pittsburgh; Rochester, Minnesota; and Portland, Oregon.

Crime-ridden, mis-managed Baltimore and Washington DC are considered "Happy Cities?"

Anyone look at the schools in those cities? Crime rates? Corruption?

7 posted on 06/17/2024 7:42:05 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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To: Eccl 10:2

When I saw this was from leftist children at The Hill I knew it was not worth reading


8 posted on 06/17/2024 7:42:13 AM PDT by iamgalt
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Yes, one can be quite happy in #2 Zurich Switzerland, if one has the money.....


9 posted on 06/17/2024 7:43:07 AM PDT by PGR88
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Is happiness a good measure? happiness can change quickly.

Take the survey at the tax office or take the survey at the ice cream store.........................


10 posted on 06/17/2024 7:43:48 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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That's all I needed to know to show the report has highly flawed criteria with regards to the US cities.

It also had several large South African cities in the top global 200. complete and utter BS!

11 posted on 06/17/2024 7:44:06 AM PDT by PGR88
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They’re “happy” because they never have to seek out a bathroom. They just go on the sidewalks as long as they are careful to not crap on a BMW George Floyd or Pride mural painted on the sidewalks by RAT politicians.


12 posted on 06/17/2024 7:46:33 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (When did WE decide to make America a UN 5-Star Asylum Paradise for Socialist losers?)
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The article lists all of these cities. Then it goes on to say that one cannot really statistically measure happiness.

Seems like these cities are “liberal paradises.” And most of the progressives I’ve met spend a lot of their time miserable.


13 posted on 06/17/2024 7:47:29 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (Don’t vote for anyone over 70 years old. Get rid of the geriatric politicians.)
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San Francisco and Minneapolis make the list?

Well OK. Just because I wouldn't be happy there doesn't mean the people there aren't happy.

But I remain seriously skeptical of the whole list.

14 posted on 06/17/2024 7:48:58 AM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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This list sounds like the exact opposite of reality.


15 posted on 06/17/2024 7:50:14 AM PDT by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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The survey’s main criteria must have been most opiate consumption per capita followed by highest levels of election fraud.


16 posted on 06/17/2024 7:53:00 AM PDT by Chewbarkah
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What a bunch of horse poop! SF DC what are they looking at as the best city to live in?
Do not waste your time on this article!


17 posted on 06/17/2024 7:53:19 AM PDT by jonathan-swift2000 (gaza)
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Penn State University is in Happy Valley.

It’s not so happy for Graham Spanier and Jerry Sandusky though.

https://www.npr.org/2021/05/27/1000793762/former-penn-state-president-to-serve-jail-time-in-jerry-sandusky-child-abuse-sca


18 posted on 06/17/2024 7:53:35 AM PDT by Flavious_Maximus (Tony Fauci will be put on death row and die of COVID!)
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Zurich Switzerland, if one has the money...

That's the point of Zürich.

19 posted on 06/17/2024 7:55:49 AM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump)
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While Europe dominated the golden group, comprising 37 cities, one U.S. city made the coveted group: Minneapolis, Minnesota. \/ Fn-DFx-7-WIAEv5-TC before, during or after the mostly peaceful protests ?
20 posted on 06/17/2024 7:59:56 AM PDT by cuz1961
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