-GoBengals- Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/19/tech/social-media/twitter-happiness/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Numbers| Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 Kentucky is happier than Ohio but less happier than Colorado. http://arxiv.org/pdf/1302.3299.pdf 1 Hawaii 6.17 2 Maine 6.14 3 Nevada 6.12 4 Utah 6.11 5 Vermont 6.11 6 Colorado 6.10 7 Idaho 6.10 8 New Hampshire 6.09 9 Washington 6.08 10 Wyoming 6.08 11 Minnesota 6.07 12 Arizona 6.07 13 California 6.07 14 Florida 6.06 15 New York 6.06 16 New Mexico 6.05 17 Iowa 6.05 18 Oregon 6.05 19 North Dakota 6.04 20 Nebraska 6.04 21 Wisconsin 6.03 22 Kansas 6.03 23 Alaska 6.02 24 Oklahoma 6.02 25 Massachusetts 6.02 26 Montana 6.01 27 Missouri 6.01 28 Kentucky 6.00 29 New Jersey 5.99 30 West Virginia 5.99 31 Illinois 5.99 32 Rhode Island 5.99 33 Indiana 5.98 34 Texas 5.98 35 South Dakota 5.98 36 Virginia 5.97 37 Tennessee 5.97 38 Connecticut 5.97 39 Pennsylvania 5.97 40 South Carolina 5.96 41 North Carolina 5.96 42 Ohio 5.96 43 Arkansas 5.95 44 District of Columbia 5.94 45 Michigan 5.94 46 Alabama 5.94 47 Georgia 5.94 48 Delaware 5.92 49 Maryland 5.90 50 Mississippi 5.89 51 Louisiana 5.88 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigris Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 I'm so use to draft talk, I was momentarily perplexed that the numbers went past 32. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschooler Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 Of course Colorado is happier. Everyone is fucking stoned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khatmandude Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 Of course Colorado is happier. Everyone is fucking stoned. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluhartz Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 Of course Colorado is happier. Everyone is fucking stoned. ha ha... indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 And Nevada has 24-hour booze, gambling, clean prostitutes, and high speed limits... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumble In the Jungle Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 This is fucking retarded. Why would anyone in Minnesota be happy I have no idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 This is fucking retarded. Why would anyone in Minnesota be happy I have no idea. Because they're not in Wisconsin? :shrug: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Numbers| Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 2011 poll on Well Being. Hawaii is still at the top of this list. Colorado, New Hampshire, and Utah are also still there. I would have thought that happier people are going to have a higher well being (or vice versa) but that is not always the case. http://www.well-beingindex.com/ 1. Hawaii 2. North Dakota 3. Minnesota 4. Alaska 5. Utah 6. Colorado 7. Kansas 8. Nebraska 9. New Hampshire 10. Montana 11. South Dakota 12. Vermont 13. Maryland 14. Massachusetts 15. Virginia 16. Iowa 17. Washington 18. California 19. Connecticut 20. Oregon 21. Wyoming 22. Wisconsin 23. Idaho 24. New Mexico 25. Maine 26. Arizona 27. Texas 28. Georgia 29. New Jersey 30. North Carolina 31. Pennsylvania 32. Illinois 33. South Carolina 34. New York 35. Rhode Island 36. Louisiana 37. Michigan 38. Indiana 39. Oklahoma 40. Nevada 41. Tennessee 42. Florida 43. Missouri 44. Arkansas 45. Alabama 46. Ohio 47. Delaware 48. Mississippi 49. Kentucky 50. West Virginia The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index Composite Score is comprised of six sub-indices: Life Evaluation, Emotional Health, Physical Health, Healthy Behavior, Work Environment and Basic Access. The Life Evaluation Sub-Index is partially based on the Cantril Self-Anchoring Striving Scale and combines the evaluation of one’s present life situation with one’s anticipated life situation five years from now. The Emotional Health Sub-Index is primarily a composite of respondents’ daily experiences, asking respondents to think about how they felt yesterday along nine dimensions. The Physical Health Sub-Index is comprised of questions related to: Body Mass Index, disease burden, sick days, physical pain, daily energy, history of disease and daily health experiences. The Healthy Behavior Sub-Index includes items measuring life style habits with established relationships to health outcomes. The Work Environment Sub-Index surveys workers on several factors to gauge their feelings and perceptions about their work environment. The Basic Access Sub-Index is based on thirteen items measuring resident’s access to food, shelter, healthcare and a safe and satisfying place to live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Numbers| Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 This is fucking retarded. Why would anyone in Minnesota be happy I have no idea. They have the 3rd highest well being in the entire US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Dub Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 I wonder how Ohio ranks when you eliminate Cleveland? As for Colorado.. Yeah whatever hippie, wait 'til the buzz wears off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschooler Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 Because they're not in Wisconsin? :shrug: I believe this to be true. The reason the women are happy here in Wisconsin is because all the cows make them look skinnier. All the guys are too drunk to know the difference ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-GoBengals- Posted February 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2013 i know more people in ohio that smoke than here... though i lived there for 28 years... and 3 here... but still.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bunghole| Posted February 22, 2013 Report Share Posted February 22, 2013 I wonder about Hawaii being tops. Sure the weather is nice, there's beaches, etc...but it's prohibitively expensive to live there and have a middle class existence. I loved it there as a boy. But I was a military brat living on Schofield Barracks and we lived on base and went to the beach every Saturday and Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-GoBengals- Posted February 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 I wonder about Hawaii being tops. Sure the weather is nice, there's beaches, etc...but it's prohibitively expensive to live there and have a middle class existence. I loved it there as a boy. But I was a military brat living on Schofield Barracks and we lived on base and went to the beach every Saturday and Sunday. weather and activities have a big role in peoples happiness, i know it does for me out here, 3 things: 1. less conservative racism& religious nutbags in my DIRECT vacinity 2. weather is amazing here.summers are dry and not humid, winters are always sunny and never bittier cold(not humid) 3. and things to do are everywhere.. mountains range for miles and miles, so i will die before i explore even half of the range. the biggest downside is there is nothing nearby to drive to, like other cities, in ohio i had columbus, cleveland, nashville, indy, detroit, pitt, etc all within 4-6 hours.. colorado isnt much aside from denver as far as nearby cities for sports and rec. but two discount airlines have hubs here so its cheap to fly.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 weather and activities have a big role in peoples happiness, i know it does for me out here, 3 things: 1. less conservative racism& religious nutbags in my DIRECT vacinity 2. weather is amazing here.summers are dry and not humid, winters are always sunny and never bittier cold(not humid) 3. and things to do are everywhere.. mountains range for miles and miles, so i will die before i explore even half of the range. the biggest downside is there is nothing nearby to drive to, like other cities, in ohio i had columbus, cleveland, nashville, indy, detroit, pitt, etc all within 4-6 hours.. colorado isnt much aside from denver as far as nearby cities for sports and rec. but two discount airlines have hubs here so its cheap to fly.. Truth. 1. Same here, even with Utah as our hat. The Mormons know that if they want wholesome they need to move the fuck back to Utah. 2. Sure the summers are hot, but after you've been here long enough you'll need a jacket if it drops below 80. I also like being able to see for 60+ miles on a clear day. 3. Your mountains are bigger, but there are thousands of miles of hiking trails around here. I've lived in this particular area at the base of the Spring Mountain range for 10 years and have hiked\found *maybe* 30% of the trails. It's not as bad here in regard to access though; we're 3 hours from LA, 5 from SD, 6 from SLC, 4 from Phoenix (though aside from a baseball game there's really no reason to go there). The big thing for us is that this is one of the best cities to live for international travel; practically every major country in the world has flights that come in here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Numbers| Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 Here's the Forbe's Top Ten Worst places... http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/18399988-418/chicago-makes-list-of-forbes-most-miserable-cities.html Here’s the full list of Most Miserable Cities: 1. Detroit, Mich. 2. Flint, Mich. 3. Rockford 4. Chicago 5. Modesto, Calif. 6. Vallejo, Calif. 7. Warren, Mich. 8. Stockton, Calif. 9. Lake County 10. New York, N.Y. Note: I'm not so sure why a county was included in a list of cities but Lake County is loosely considered a part of Chicago Metro because Chicago provides the transportation network, etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigris Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 In my opinion, big cities like Chicago, NY, both have a lot to offer. If you have a good job and can afford the luxuries (sp) of what the city has, it's a wonderful life. If you're struggling to make ends meet, I could see how the crowded areas could make life much worse. The more people around, the more chances of running into a-holes. You can't afford to do any of the fun things, to travel around the city... you just go to work every day, fight the traffic, fight the people, come home and drink your six pack because there's nothing more in terms of entertainment that you can afford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Numbers| Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 http://www.forbes.com/pictures/efkk45edkmj/the-10-unhappiest-cities-to-work-in/ The 10 Unhappiest Cities to Work In (Note: These aren’t considered the "worst" cities to live in; they’re simply the places where workers are least content right now, according to CareerBliss data and research.) No. 1 Boulder, Colo. No. 2 Reno, Nev. No. 3 Wichita, Kan. No. 4 Fresno, Calif. No. 5 Little Rock, Ark. No. 6 Cleveland, Ohio No. 7 El Paso, Texas No. 8 Stockton, Calif. No. 9 Allentown, Pa. No. 10 Milwaukee, Wis. Oddly Boulder, Colorado is worst place to work. Perhaps not every works at a marijuana kiosk... Nevada on the worst place to work also. Stockton, California is not only miserable but it sucks to work there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigris Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 What do all these cities have in common? I don't know... I'm asking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 http://www.forbes.com/pictures/efkk45edkmj/the-10-unhappiest-cities-to-work-in/ Oddly Boulder, Colorado is worst place to work. Perhaps not every works at a marijuana kiosk... Nevada on the worst place to work also. Stockton, California is not only miserable but it sucks to work there. If you've ever been to Stockton you know why; what a shit hole. And I wouldn't lump the entire state of Nevada into that list based on Reno, as Reno comprises less than 10% of the state's population. Heck, NLV has a larger population than Reno. Now, is Las Vegas on that list, maybe top 20? Don't know but I'd like to see the rest of the list, and I work with a bunch of grumpy ass people, so... :shrug: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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