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Do you live in a happy State?

Discussion in 'Lounge' started by Jaydog57, Dec 17, 2009.

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  1. Jaydog57

    Jaydog57 Canes/Fins/Magic fan

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    The results are based on an examination of two data sets, one that included personal reports of happiness for 1.3 million Americans and the other that included objective measures, such as how crowded that state is, air quality, home prices and other factors known to impact quality of life.

    1. Louisiana
    2. Hawaii
    3. Florida
    4. Tennessee
    5. Arizona
    6. Mississippi
    7. Montana
    8. South Carolina
    9. Alabama
    10. Maine
    11. Alaska
    12. North Carolina
    13. Wyoming
    14. Idaho
    15. South Dakota
    16. Texas
    17. Arkansas
    18. Vermont
    19. Georgia
    20. Oklahoma
    21. Colorado
    22. Delaware
    23. Utah
    24. New Mexico
    25. North Dakota
    26. Minnesota
    27. New Hampshire
    28. Virginia
    29. Wisconsin
    30. Oregon
    31. Iowa
    32. Kansas
    33. Nebraska
    34. West Virginia
    35. Kentucky
    36. Washington
    37. District of Columbia
    38. Missouri
    39. Nevada
    40. Maryland
    41. Pennsylvania
    42. Rhode Island
    43. Massachusetts
    44. Ohio
    45. Illinois
    46. California
    47. Indiana
    48. Michigan
    49. New Jersey
    50. Connecticut
    51. New York

    I was born and raised in #3, that's happy enough for me.:up:

    http://www.livescience.com/culture/091217-happy-state-list.html
     
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  2. unluckyluciano

    unluckyluciano For My Hero JetsSuck

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    Louisiana has new orleans. A suuuuuuuuuuuper violent city. That invalidates this study to me lol
     
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  3. anlgp

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    i guess so?
     
  4. GISH

    GISH ~mUST wARN oTHERS~

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    Over Yonder
    Dumb.
     
  5. BuckeyeKing

    BuckeyeKing Wolves DYNASTY!!!!

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    Florida at 3? I call shenanigans.
     
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  6. Stitches

    Stitches ThePhin's Biggest Killjoy Luxury Box

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    #1 :woot:
     
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  7. Sethdaddy8

    Sethdaddy8 Well-Known Member

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    happiness is for broads
     
  8. unluckyluciano

    unluckyluciano For My Hero JetsSuck

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    spoken like a true number 49
     
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    don't be pissed ohio is at 44 :lol:
     
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  10. Frumundah Finnatic

    Frumundah Finnatic U Mad Miami?

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    It wouldnt be jersey if it didnt fail in very possible way.
     
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  11. BigDogsHunt

    BigDogsHunt Enough talk...prove it!

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    District of Columbia is not a state...hahaha....51 FTW!!!
     
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  12. 2k5

    2k5 I miss Ted Ginn Jr.

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    Yeah, wtf. I was expecting to see Puerto Rico or something :lol:
     
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  13. sking29

    sking29 What it takes to be cool

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    TN at #4 for happiness? I don't know about that the mood around here has been pretty pissy since about November of last year.
     
  14. Stitches

    Stitches ThePhin's Biggest Killjoy Luxury Box

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    Must be because all the hot young girls are being sent out of state on recruiting missions. :shifty:
     
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  15. Big E

    Big E Plus sized porn star

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    Beating up people makes them happy.
     
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  16. Phinvader Bill

    Phinvader Bill The all new Mr. Event

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    Born in Florida, live in Tennessee now, and have lived and will be moving back to SOuth Carolina soon.
     
  17. Phinvader Bill

    Phinvader Bill The all new Mr. Event

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    My wife read the top 10 to me a couple hours ago, and I thought the EXACT same thing then. :lol:
     
  18. like2god

    like2god Typical white person Luxury Box

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    Yeah, that just about covers it. :pity:

    With drunken Jet fans banging their heads after every loss and Bills fans licking the windows of the short bus, and a few random Patsie fans thrown in for good (?) measure.....51 sounds about right.
     
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  19. NaboCane

    NaboCane Banned

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    :sidelol:

    36 here.
     
  20. Clark Kent

    Clark Kent Fighter of the Nightman

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    #50 for me...:lol:
     
  21. Idahophin

    Idahophin Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    14 here. :up:
     
  22. HardKoreXXX

    HardKoreXXX Insensitive to the Touch

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    Any coincidence that SEC states are high and the Big 10 states are low? Hmmmm...
     
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  23. azfinfanmang

    azfinfanmang Premium Member Luxury Box

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    I have lived in New Mexico, Nevada, Colorado, Arizona and now Texas....I think that qualifies me to some extent to say....
    This study is absolute B***S***
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    EDIT: Oh yeah, add Califirnia to my list above :up:
     
  24. opfinistic

    opfinistic Braaaaains!

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    LMAO out of 50 states New York came in at #51.
     
  25. BigDogsHunt

    BigDogsHunt Enough talk...prove it!

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    I am willing to wager that many folks who took the survey dont know there is a actually difference between these two answers.

    :lol::wink2:
     
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  26. azfinfanmang

    azfinfanmang Premium Member Luxury Box

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    Very good point brother.
    Like those people Leno used to interview on the streets :lol:
     
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  27. Frumundah Finnatic

    Frumundah Finnatic U Mad Miami?

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    Wouldnt that make them the dumbest state?(although Florida would be high on that list.)
     
  28. Jaydog57

    Jaydog57 Canes/Fins/Magic fan

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    Lol, yeah, unfortunately way, way, WAY too many Jets fans have migrated south.
     
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  29. Stitches

    Stitches ThePhin's Biggest Killjoy Luxury Box

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    I don't know, having lived in Ohio and Louisiana, I can honestly say the difference in rank between the two states seems to be justified.
     

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