How happy is YOUR state?

Dave · Apr 4, 2013

http://www.well-beingindex.com/files/2013WBIrankings/2012WBICompositeReport.pdf

My state of birth is #9 (Iowa) and my state of residence is #7 (Nebraska). I'm happy. Happy, happy, happy.

Shakey · Apr 4, 2013

Minnesota is #3!

Ravenpoe · Apr 4, 2013

My state is #34

.....

Yeah, that seems about right.

Frank · Apr 4, 2013

Number 1 is a total shocker to me, total shocker.

LittleKagsin · Apr 4, 2013

And Utah is number 4!

Tress · Apr 4, 2013

My state is #18, but the area I live in is #2 among "Top Large Communities."

sixpackshaker · Apr 4, 2013

just below average...

Gared · Apr 4, 2013

15th, huh? I'm... not too sure about that. Not surprised to see Seattle so far back on the city ranking, though.

blotsfan · Apr 4, 2013

122nd!

But next year when the Bills are winning again, we'll shoot right up

Frank · Apr 4, 2013

Tress said:
My state is #18, but the area I live in is #2 among "Top Large Communities."

Man, I want Bay area temperatures year round. No wonder people are happy there.

Bones · Apr 4, 2013

go minnesota go!

drawn_inward · Apr 4, 2013

Eesh, that study is depressing.
<- I guess it's accurate. :cry:

General Specific · Apr 4, 2013

South Carolina: #40

Columbia, SC: #107

Officer_Charon · Apr 4, 2013

Hmm... 33rd State, but 42nd in community ranking... maybe they're taking a sampling around St. Pat's? *shrugs*

AshburnerX · Apr 4, 2013

Ohio: 44th.
Columbus, Ohio: 94th.

That's about right. Can't wait till I can leave this state behind forever.

Covar · Apr 4, 2013

North Carolina #34
Raleigh-Cary #6

Yoshimickster · Apr 4, 2013

Hell yeah, 32! With all the crap my state gets I'll take that as a win!

drawn_inward · Apr 4, 2013

I am really surprised at Kansas. How is that place so much higher than Oklahoma??

Chad Sexington · Apr 4, 2013

drawn_inward said:
I am really surprised at Kansas. How is that place so much higher than Oklahoma??

Tornadoes killed all the unhappy people.

AshburnerX · Apr 4, 2013

Apparently this just happened too: Columbus, Ohio named Most Intelligent City in America.

While I can't deny the tech angle, I can't fathom why anyone would want to live here. It still looks and feels like a forgotten Rust Belt city.

sixpackshaker · Apr 4, 2013

269 by congressional district... Odd because there are some well educated/wealthy people here.

WasabiPoptart · Apr 4, 2013

DarkAudit · Apr 4, 2013

50th out of 50. No surprise. Old and angry state keeps getting older and angrier.
111th metro region. On Pittsburgh's fringe just pulls us out of the basement.
My district (WV1) 378th. Replaced an entrenched Democrat with a teabagger wannabe.
Charleston is 189 of 189. Huntington is 187.
WV 3rd 436 out of 436.

Sigh.

WasabiPoptart · Apr 5, 2013

jwhouk · Apr 5, 2013

What I don't get is, what exactly is going on in Madison that those people are skewing our "happy" score?

EDIT: And looking closer, I see something that REALLY puzzles me - we're pretty highly ranked in the major subscores that go into the #20 ranking... except for "Life Evaluation".

Upon reading the text closer, I discover that this is a measure of how people feel about their "anticipated life situation five years from now."

Wisconsin is ranked 37th.

jwhouk · Apr 5, 2013

WasabiPoptart said:

Aw, shuddup and go drop $100 at the grocery store for milk and bread.

redthirtyone · Apr 5, 2013

#49!!! YEAHHHHH! FUCK YOU YOU FUCKING FUCKS!!!

ElJuski · Apr 5, 2013

DC #1 large community. I am...satisfied.

Bowielee · Apr 5, 2013

jwhouk said:
What I don't get is, what exactly is going on in Madison that those people are skewing our "happy" score?

EDIT: And looking closer, I see something that REALLY puzzles me - we're pretty highly ranked in the major subscores that go into the #20 ranking... except for "Life Evaluation".

Upon reading the text closer, I discover that this is a measure of how people feel about their "anticipated life situation five years from now."

Wisconsin is ranked 37th.

Yeah, that seems really off to me. Things are pretty terrible in this state at the moment.

WasabiPoptart · Apr 5, 2013

jwhouk said:
Aw, shuddup and go drop $100 at the grocery store for milk and bread.

Awww. You wouldn't want to be here anyway. Too much shave ice and not enough cheese. :wololo:

jwhouk · Apr 5, 2013

And cheese - better bring a loan application.

And [user]Bowielee[/user] - that's what's freaky. We're all happy about everything in the state - except our future.

Cajungal · Apr 5, 2013

In my state's defense, I'm willing to bet its happiness is brought way down by North Louisiana.