The Happiest States: New Study Says Louisiana is the Happiest Place in the U. S. To Live
Posted: Friday, December 18, 2009
by Edward Rhymes
Louisiana , yes Louisiana, is the happiest state in America , while New York is the least happiest or saddest. New research by the UK's University of Warwick and Hamilton College in the US looked into the happiness levels of over a million individual US citizens and has revealed that personal happiness levels closely correlate with earlier research that ranked the quality of life available in the US's 50 states plus the District of Columbia --- this is the first large scale analysis of happiness levels in the US.
The list appears below from the happiest to the saddest. The statements that follow the states, which appear in italics, are my own quirky observations. I hope you enjoy them.
Here is the complete list
Here is the complete list
- Louisiana: How bout dem Saints?
- Hawaii: Sand, sun and surf yeah, how depressing.
- Florida: State populated by parents who have finally escaped from their children.
- Tennessee: Birthplace of my grandmother... Enough said.
- Arizona: When your senior senator is as manic as he is, you learn to be happy.
- Mississippi: The birthplace of the blues finally makes a comeback!
- Montana: Don't have to worry about the troublesome next door neighbor when your "fence" is a mountain.
- South Carolina: Home of the wonderfully relaxing Appalachian Trail.
- Alabama: Is this all Nick Saban's doing?
- Maine: Being that close to the Canucks has a soothing effect.
- Alaska: In the dark, how do you know if someone's really smiling?
- North Carolina : Happy not to be South Carolina.
- Wyoming: Happy by the process of elimination --- nobody lives there!
- Idaho: Mashed or baked; spuds are a happy food.
- South Dakota: No fair. Those smiles are frozen on their faces from the cold.
- Texas: Not number 1? Well, If first you don't secede...
- Arkansas: Just happy to have made it in the top 20 of anything.
- Vermont: Everything from libertarians to socialists... Rodney King must be proud.
- Georgia: Would be happier if it wasn't for the every-other-day investigations.
- Oklahoma: Something about this place just leaves its citizens flat
- Colorado: Nah, that's not joy... it's just the high altitude.
- Delaware: Well, the bankers are happy at least.
- Utah: I heard Brigham Young was a hoot.
- New Mexico: Happy not to have an indicted governor.
- North Dakota: How happy can you be when people keep thinking that Fargo is in Minnesota?
- Minnesota: I thought with Bachmann in residence they'd be much lower.
- New Hampshire: "Live Free or Die," just doesn't leave me a whole lot of choices for happiness.
- Virginia: Went blue for the first time, this past Presidential election, since 1964 and has had the blues ever since.
- Wisconsin: Funny, I would've figured cheese made more people happy.
- Oregon: When ducks and beavers are the best you can up with for mascots, that's gotta be depressing.
- Iowa: Yep... ethanol does that to a state.
- Kansas: What? Dodging twisters doesn't induce joy?
- Nebraska: Does anybody go there to live intentionally?
- West Virginia: I think they have Virginia envy.
- Kentucky: Where's Colonel Sanders when you need him?
- Washington : All the Starbucks in the world can't buy happiness. A caffeine high, but not happiness.
- District of Columbia: They actually got to vote on something?
- Missouri: It's all been downhill since that Compromise thing.
- Nevada: Ensign and Reid... do I really have to go on?
- Maryland: Just can't get all that excited when you're the state that has Baltimore.
- Pennsylvania: With the 2nd oldest population in the U.S.; imagine millions of angry voices saying in unison: "get off my lawn!"
- Rhode Island: Can you say Napoleon Complex?
- Massachusetts: John Kerry voted for happiness before he voted against it.
- Ohio: Hey Boehner, that's not suntan lotion... its embalming fluid.
- Illinois: They elected Blagojevich... doesn't that seem a tad bit suicidal to you?
- California: Californians found out Arnold isn't all that good without a script.
- Indiana: Cheer up Hoosiers or I'll make Ron Howard sing for ya.
- Michigan: Nope. I can't find a thing funny about this state right now.
- New Jersey: Tony Soprano never seemed that happy and now you know why!
- Connecticut: Joe Lieberman is the answer to the question: What ever happened to Charlie Brown when he became all grown up?
- New York: Okay... this surprises who?
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Top-level comments on this article: (4 total)Nicely done, and your comments about Texas are right-on! Great read, Edward.Thanks Michael. I had fun writing and I'm happy you enjoyed reading it. Thanks for stopping by.
It seems that the majority of happy people live in sunny, warm states. Sitting up here in the chill of a Canadian winter, I can certainly understand why. Interesting, well-written article, Ed. Thank you.Thanks Carolyn. I noticed that warmth-happiness ratio as well to. Thanks for commenting Carolyn, I appreciate it.
Haven't been to LA for awhile but have a niece and her family who are stationed there right now. MarijoThanks for reading and commenting Marijo. I hope you enjoyed it.
I did notice that the states that have the largest debt and have enacted the socialist agenda are the least happy, NY, CA, NJ, MI...HAHAHAHAHAHA!Amazing...Hope and Change!HaHa! Thanks for stopping by Richard.my pleasure.
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