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**Green_Monkey23** · 12-19-2009, 06:16 PM

Interesting that a different study on so-called "happiness" from last month, November 2009 came up with an entirely different order for the states, with NY falling closer to the middle at Number 35 and CA near the top at Number 9:

. .. a similar ranking reported last month, which found that the most tolerant and wealthiest states were, on average, the happiest. That article ^ lists Utah at the top, apparently the happiest, "most tolerant" and wealthiest

The more recent study cited in the post above (which doesn't seem to be found on the CDC website despite all sorts of news reports -- including the link to the NY Daily News -- which claim that the survey upon which the data is based came from there) put NY at the bottom of all states +DC (#51) and CA only a bit less bad (#46).

The Science journal article where the more recent study was published isn't turning up on a web search (if anyone finds it please post a link). But the study (from Warwick Univ. / UK & Hamilton College / USA) is discussed more in full HERE.

12-19-2009, 06:16 PM	#14
Green_Monkey23 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 421 Senior Member	Interesting that a different study on so-called "happiness" from last month, November 2009 came up with an entirely different order for the states, with NY falling closer to the middle at Number 35 and CA near the top at Number 9: . .. a similar ranking reported last month, which found that the most tolerant and wealthiest states were, on average, the happiest. That article ^ lists Utah at the top, apparently the happiest, "most tolerant" and wealthiest The more recent study cited in the post above (which doesn't seem to be found on the CDC website despite all sorts of news reports -- including the link to the NY Daily News -- which claim that the survey upon which the data is based came from there) put NY at the bottom of all states +DC (#51) and CA only a bit less bad (#46). The Science journal article where the more recent study was published isn't turning up on a web search (if anyone finds it please post a link). But the study (from Warwick Univ. / UK & Hamilton College / USA) is discussed more in full HERE.
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