Via LiveScience.com: Need a pick-me-up? Travel where it’s happy. According to an article by Jeanna Bryner of LiveScience.com, researchers have determined that well-being is at its highest in states that lie in the U.S. mountains and in the far West. The Mid-Atlantic, New England, and the Midwest came next. Southern states were deemed the least happy.
Happiness was found to correlate with states that were considered wealthier, better educated, and more tolerant (I have no idea how they measured this last one). Utah sat at the top of the list, followed by Hawaii, Wyoming, Colorado, Minnesota, and Maryland. At the bottom of the list were Arkansas, Ohio, Mississippi, Kentucky, and West Virginia. You can find the full results of the 50-state rankings here, and the full results of the study will be detailed in the December issue of the Journal of Research in Personality.
Based on your travels, do you agree with the results of the study?
