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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All left-wing, crime ridden cities. Sure.
Seriously, Arlington, VA is number 1? It’s filled with meddlesome affluent leftards which are never happy.
‘Crime-ridden, mis-managed Baltimore and Washington DC are considered “Happy Cities?”’
The metrics they used are utter bulls—t. If you read the fine print, the survey literally equates having a leftist local government with happiness.
The words “happy” and “gay” used to be more or less synonymous.
“SF is number 10?? WTH”
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The 17 highest-scoring cities all fell in Europe, specifically within Denmark, Switzerland, Germany, Netherlands, Finland, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Austria, and Iceland.
This list is 100% BS. No way are people in Baltimore and DC the “happiest”.
Baltimore and DC? Obviously the authors have not driven through either in the last twenty years.
Portland, Oregon???? Sure this isn’t a list if cities to AVOID???
No way San Francisco is 10.
They had 56 murders last year, while San Jose had only 35.
Same size cities and crime stats are wildly different in every category
These “best” lists are always bullcrap.
Remember the fable about slow boiling a frog in a pot? The frog is content to stay as the temp slowly rises.
People in these cities were 100 times happier 50 years ago. Now they're content not being a murder victim. Happiness is not what it used to be.
Yeah, this so called research is always very problematic, put together by elitists who have never been to cities with a population under 1 million
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