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States ranked from happiest to least cheerful
Seattle PI ^
| 12/17/09
| staff
Posted on 12/17/2009 1:50:59 PM PST by 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
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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: happiness
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California has become a basket case. Ronald Reagan is rolling in his grave.
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posted on
12/17/2009 1:51:00 PM PST
by
pissant
To: pissant
Cajuns are happy in a shack if they got enough crawdads in the cooking pot.
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posted on
12/17/2009 1:52:13 PM PST
by
GeronL
To: pissant
florida’s ranking sure couldn’t have taken school quality or job prospects into very high consideration...
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posted on
12/17/2009 1:53:11 PM PST
by
stefanbatory
(Weed out the RINOs! Sign the pledge. conservativepledge.org)
To: pissant
Hah! The liberal bastions are all miserable. How just.
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posted on
12/17/2009 1:53:16 PM PST
by
domenad
(In all things, in all ways, at all times, let honor guide me.)
To: pissant
How did WA state not make it into the bottom five? One of the meanest, most arrogant places on the planet. Not unlike Greenwich, CT, actually.
To: domenad
Except Hawaii. It’s lib and apparently happy.
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posted on
12/17/2009 1:53:47 PM PST
by
pissant
(THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
To: pissant
51 states? Did I miss something here?
To: pissant
Only 51 states - Where are the other 6? :)
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posted on
12/17/2009 1:54:08 PM PST
by
ElayneJ
To: pissant
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posted on
12/17/2009 1:54:22 PM PST
by
kabar
To: pissant
I’m happy here in Michigan just because I know it makes them nervous and pisses them off at the same time.
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posted on
12/17/2009 1:54:32 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
To: pissant
Hey! You snipped my state! I have a right to know if I’m happy or not.
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posted on
12/17/2009 1:54:36 PM PST
by
saganite
(What happens to taglines? Is there a termination date?)
To: pissant
Apparently, Louisianians don’t recognize that they are living in hell.
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posted on
12/17/2009 1:54:44 PM PST
by
iowamark
To: pissant
Wondering what the questions were to base the standings on. I can see why New York is on the bottom ....
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posted on
12/17/2009 1:55:08 PM PST
by
SkyDancer
('Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not..' ~ Thomas Jefferson)
To: GeronL
Eat the tails, suck the heads!
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posted on
12/17/2009 1:55:10 PM PST
by
saganite
(What happens to taglines? Is there a termination date?)
To: GeronL
I think the majority of the state is happy that a large chunk of the riff-raff that was forced to leave N.O. didn’t come back.
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posted on
12/17/2009 1:55:12 PM PST
by
pissant
(THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
To: pissant
How you stay pissed in Hawaii is beyond me, libs or no.
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posted on
12/17/2009 1:55:19 PM PST
by
domenad
(In all things, in all ways, at all times, let honor guide me.)
To: pissant
Please strike #4 from the list. We want to stay under the radar all we can. Thanks
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posted on
12/17/2009 1:55:44 PM PST
by
don-o
(My son, Ben - Marine Lance Corporal is in Iraq.)
To: Wee-Weed Up
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posted on
12/17/2009 1:55:54 PM PST
by
pissant
(THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
To: pissant
if they were ranking on “Gayiety” the list would probably be reversed.
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posted on
12/17/2009 1:55:57 PM PST
by
the invisib1e hand
(free enterprise (the first word is a verb))
To: pissant
There is definitely a red to blue, happy to miserable gradient, with some exceptions.
Vote Republican to find true happiness!
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posted on
12/17/2009 1:56:17 PM PST
by
FormerACLUmember
(The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule. - H. L. Menken.)
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