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moonbaby 17120 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 12-22-09, 04:20 PM (EST) "Are you in a happy state?" http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/research_finds_the/ New research by the UK’s University of Warwick and Hamilton College in the US has used the happiness levels of a million individual US citizens to discover which are the best and worst states in which to live in the United States. New York and Connecticut come bottom of a life-satisfaction league table, and Hawaii and Louisiana are at the top. The analysis reveals also that happiness levels closely correlate with objective factors such as congestion and air quality across the US’s 50 states. Been after my family to move for years. Now I have evidence to back up my proposition. Hawaii sounds great!   Top

Subject     Author     Message Date     ID    RE: Are you in a happy state? cahaya 12-22-09 1  RE: Are you in a happy state? Molaholic 12-22-09 2  RE: Are you in a happy state? VisionQuest 12-22-09 3  #4 jbug 12-23-09 4  RE: Are you in a happy state? sica077 12-23-09 5    RE: Are you in a happy state? grit 12-23-09 12        RE: Are you in a happy state? Max Headroom 12-23-09 13        RE: Are you in a happy state? sica077 12-23-09 14  RE: Are you in a happy state? thndrkttn 12-23-09 6    RE: Are you in a happy state? Starshine 12-23-09 7    RE: Are you in a happy state? jbug 12-23-09 8        RE: Are you in a happy state? thndrkttn 12-23-09 9            RE: Are you in a happy state? Snidget 12-23-09 10  RE: Are you in a happy state? HobbsofMI 12-23-09 11

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cahaya 19891 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 12-22-09, 04:44 PM (EST) 1. "RE: Are you in a happy state?" Evidently not! I'd wager, though, people in the southern part of the state here are happier than those up north near Chicago, with Indy somewhere in the middle. "Happiness is where your heart is, not where your feet stand." -- cahaya (A saying of mine after people in Malaysia asked me if I was happier there or here.)   Top

Molaholic 9015 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 12-22-09, 06:48 PM (EST) 2. "RE: Are you in a happy state?" Well, at least my state's Happiness level exceeds its rank in scholastic achievement...   Top

VisionQuest 1171 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Politically Incorrect Guest" 12-22-09, 09:02 PM (EST) 3. "RE: Are you in a happy state?" Arghh - PA number 41? I don't feel unhappy today. Pretty snow on the ground, not too cold. Wait a minute it's only the 2nd day of winter, call me back in February.   Top

jbug 17146 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 12-23-09, 08:49 AM (EST) 4. "#4" I'm not surprised at all.   Top

sica077 523 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Reality Show Commentator" 12-23-09, 09:07 AM (EST) 5. "RE: Are you in a happy state?" Well then! I am in the most unhappy state (but I blame it on New York City). Personally, up in my neck of the woods, we are not cramped and are pretty happy. Except for the fact that a whole bunch of cities have snow for the holidays and we are stuck with this veryvery small dusting. Call me crazy, but I need snow for the holidays! Bears, Beets, Battlestar Galactica I've been 'patched   Top

grit 4868 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Stuff Magazine Centerfold" 12-23-09, 12:00 PM (EST) 12. "RE: Are you in a happy state?" *sits with sica* It's not fair that NYC and LI got all the snow and we got bupkes. There's either snow or ice in the forecast for Christmas. I'm going to throw a spoon out the window and wear my pajamas inside out and see if that helps! And since my area of NY has inherited a lot of NYC people, we've gotten more unhappy over the last 10 years. I would love to move up to the Adirondacks and escape all this. Handcrafted by the incredibly wonderful RollDdice   Top

Max Headroom 10069 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 12-23-09, 12:23 PM (EST) 13. "RE: Are you in a happy state?" Didn't you say you were getting skis for Christmas, and that they would bring rain and ice? It sounds like they're already working. Agman's Christmas vision   Top

sica077 523 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Reality Show Commentator" 12-23-09, 07:15 PM (EST) 14. "RE: Are you in a happy state?" *hugs the Adirondacks* I take living here for granted sometimes. Bears, Beets, Battlestar Galactica I've been 'patched   Top

thndrkttn 3216 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Car Show Celebrity" 12-23-09, 09:44 AM (EST) 6. "RE: Are you in a happy state?" South Carolina is 8 and North Carolina is 12. I directly attribute this to SC being the degenerate of the two Carolinas. You cross over the state line from NC to SC and within one mile you can find huge liquor stores, cigarettes, tons of fireworks and porn. NC not so much.   Top

Starshine 5033 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 12-23-09, 10:02 AM (EST) 7. "RE: Are you in a happy state?" So liquor, cigarettes, fireworks and porn make one happy. I think I need more vices   Top

jbug 17146 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 12-23-09, 10:05 AM (EST) 8. "RE: Are you in a happy state?" It's interesting that you relate a happy state to the prevalence of those things. When I saw TN as #4 (& other southern &/or more rural states toward the top of the list), my reasoning was that those are more laid back and relaxed; not as many big huge crowded cities; less traffic congestion; maybe not as many big high-pressure type jobs. I see those states at the top as being where people take things in stride and have a positive attitude. Of course, that's just my opinion, but ..... Sparkled by Agman 2009   Top

thndrkttn 3216 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Car Show Celebrity" 12-23-09, 10:22 AM (EST) 9. "RE: Are you in a happy state?" LAST EDITED ON 12-23-09 AT 10:23 AM (EST) You kind of made my point. In my opinion, NC is way uptight compared to SC. ETA: My comments in my earlier comment were made somewhat tongue in cheek. We still are allowed to do that here, no?   Top

Snidget 44369 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 12-23-09, 10:49 AM (EST) 10. "RE: Are you in a happy state?" They were doing a things we can all agree on thing this morning on the radio. The need for a special sarcasm font was something they all thought was needed. On a slightly more serious note North Carolina does seem to have a lot more paternalistic we have to keep the people away from anything that might bring them a moment of joy thing going on with the legislature. But at least we don't have our DA spending all the forfeiture money on flying the judges who hear the forfeiture cases with them on their trips to Hawaii. I mean after all, why just let the drugs spread the joy when the confiscated drug money can do it for you. Here they just build really nice police stations on hilltops overlooking the drug trafficking corridors. http://andersoncooper360review.blogspot.com/2009/12/latest-on-health-care-reform-goldman.html What amused me watching it this morning was the guy that has been following the case was on vacation, in Hawaii, but he was on his own dime. They skyped him in. Not that we don't have our own corruption issues, but they never seem to be as amusing as other states seem to have. Although John Edwards did try his best. If you're a {Reality TV} juror, you don't have to put aside anything! You have the ultimate power of your own reckless, irrational whimsy! That is the absolute essence of the game. --Linda Holmes   Top

HobbsofMI 16065 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 12-23-09, 11:19 AM (EST) 11. "RE: Are you in a happy state?" My state sucks rocks and I would understand NY and NJ....but Connecticut worst than us? GO WINGS! 2008 Stanley Cup Champs! sig JSlice and by IceCat, and bobble head by Tribephyl   Top

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