[justjim]

Using positive psychology research, WalletHub examined 182 US cities with at least two in each state to find the happiest of all in 2023. Three key dimensions were used to base these rankings. 1. Income and employment. 2. Emotional and physical well-being. 3. Community and the environment. The results:
10: Burlington, Vermont
9: South Burlington, Vermont
8: Sioux Falls, South Dakota
7: Columbia, Maryland
6: Irvine, California
5: San Francisco, California
4: Overland Park, Kansas
3: Madison, Wisconsin
2: San Jose, California
1: Fremont, California
Well, how about Florida, Arizona or Texas where large population of retirees have moved? 16: Scottsdale, Az
29: Plano, Tx and 37: Pembroke Pines, FL Cape Coral, FL 52 and Fort Lauderdale, FL 53.
Reliable valid research? Of course not! Amazing what you can find (supposedly as facts) on the internet. However, even more amazing what people will believe.

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by justjim

Using positive psychology research, WalletHub examined 182 US cities with at least two in each state to find the happiest of all in 2023. Three key dimensions were used to base these rankings. 1. Income and employment. 2. Emotional and physical well-being. 3. Community and the environment. The results:
10: Burlington, Vermont
9: South Burlington, Vermont
8: Sioux Falls, South Dakota
7: Columbia, Maryland
6: Irvine, California
5: San Francisco, California
4: Overland Park, Kansas
3: Madison, Wisconsin
2: San Jose, California
1: Fremont, California
Well, how about Florida, Arizona or Texas where large population of retirees have moved? 16: Scottsdale, Az
29: Plano, Tx and 37: Pembroke Pines, FL Cape Coral, FL 52 and Fort Lauderdale, FL 53.
Reliable valid research? Of course not! Amazing what you can find (supposedly as facts) on the internet. However, even more amazing what people will believe.

Quite true. And the reason is simple: most people want validation more than information.

[It's Hot There]

Originally Posted by justjim

Reliable valid research?

Not even close.

182 cities out of 100,000.
So the sample size is .2%. of the population.
Then they select the top ~5%.

Just wait until next week......................there will be a new article.

[dewilson58]

Nobody in California is happy.

[justjim]

Interesting the research looks a bit different when viewed by happiest States in the U.S.
1: Utah
2: Hawaii
3: Maryland
4: Minnesota
5: New Jersey
6: Connecticut
7: California
8: Florida
9: Idaho
10:Nebraska

California finished just north of Florida. Hmm…. I have friends from New Jersey. They were happy to get out. However, that could depend on where you lived in New Jersey. Go figure.

[Papa_lecki]

Originally Posted by justjim

Using positive psychology research, WalletHub examined 182 US cities with at least two in each state to find the happiest of all in 2023. Three key dimensions were used to base these rankings. 1. Income and employment. 2. Emotional and physical well-being. 3. Community and the environment.

If the #1 criteria is income and employment - that’s not important in a retirement community
Physical wellbeing - again, as we age, our physical well being wont match up to a Comunity with an average age of 35

[Pugchief]

Originally Posted by dewilson58

Nobody in California is happy.

Ya, and especially not in San Francisco. Hard to believe those rankings aren't anything more than standard fake news.

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by Pugchief

Ya, and especially not in San Francisco. Hard to believe those rankings aren't anything more than standard fake news.

& isn't California with the most people exiting??.....or second or third.

where Florida has the largest inflow.

[New Englander]

Originally Posted by dewilson58

Nobody in California is happy.

The criminals are very happy.

[shaw8700@outlook.com]

Originally Posted by dewilson58

& isn't California with the most people exiting??.....or second or third.

where Florida has the largest inflow.

And, in my opinion, they’re looking to stop the flow of people out of California. It’s unbelievable they would think fooling people is going to work better than eliminating some of their policies.

[huge-pigeons]

The latest AARP flyer stated Portland Oregon was 1 of their top cities to move to? I used to live there. The city that is all boarded up, had something like 400 days of rioting (which was stated as peaceful with looting, fires, destroying the government buildings), the starting place of the homeless problem (it is legal for the homeless to put up their tent in front of your house on the strip of lawn between the sidewalk and the street and the homeowner can’t do anything about it (we had a friend trying to sell his house with a homeless family in his front yard using his outdoor water and outdoor electric plug)), Portland has the highest unemployed teenagers squatting and begging for money in the downtown because portland has the most teenager programs that give them money.
I dare anybody to walk in the downtown San Francisco, Portland, Chicago, NYC at night.

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by huge-pigeons

I dare anybody to walk in the downtown San Francisco, Portland, Chicago, NYC at night.

Each were lovely cities................now they are cities without laws.
Would add Seattle to the list.
(been to each of them lately)

[roscoguy]

Originally Posted by justjim

Using positive psychology research, WalletHub examined 182 US cities with at least two in each state to find the happiest of all in 2023.

What a silly thing to get worked up over.

Considering the responses to this thread so far, it's not hard to see why The Villages didn't make the list.

[jimdecastro]

Originally Posted by justjim

Using positive psychology research, WalletHub examined 182 US cities with at least two in each state to find the happiest of all in 2023. Three key dimensions were used to base these rankings. 1. Income and employment. 2. Emotional and physical well-being. 3. Community and the environment. The results:
10: Burlington, Vermont
9: South Burlington, Vermont
8: Sioux Falls, South Dakota
7: Columbia, Maryland
6: Irvine, California
5: San Francisco, California
4: Overland Park, Kansas
3: Madison, Wisconsin
2: San Jose, California
1: Fremont, California
Well, how about Florida, Arizona or Texas where large population of retirees have moved? 16: Scottsdale, Az
29: Plano, Tx and 37: Pembroke Pines, FL Cape Coral, FL 52 and Fort Lauderdale, FL 53.
Reliable valid research? Of course not! Amazing what you can find (supposedly as facts) on the internet. However, even more amazing what people will believe.

All you hear about is that San Francisco is deteriorating and overrun wit homeless.

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by roscoguy

it's not hard to see why The Villages didn't make the list.

& maybe due to the fact the villages is NOT a city.