DC, VA And MD Residents Are NOT Happy, According To New Study

Photo courtesy of
‘Head in Hands’
courtesy of ‘Alex E. Proimos’

A new study published by the journal Science reports that DC (36th), Virginia (28th), and Maryland(40th) rank in the bottom half of the “happiness scale”. What does that mean? Professor Andrew Oswald of the U.K.’s University of Warwick, who co-authored the study, says that “[...] ” our study shows that we can and probably ought to give up thinking of piles of dollars as the criterion for success and go over to a broader quality of life criterion.”

Easier said than done in THIS recession, right?

It could be worse … we could be the in the top three (New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut). So how’s THAT For something to smile about :-D

Comments

One Response to “DC, VA And MD Residents Are NOT Happy, According To New Study”

  1. DC No. 2 On 2009 List Of Most-Literate Cities » We Love DC Says:

    [...] serves as the good news to last weeks “bad news” ranking DC 36th on the “happiness scale”. Our state of happiness is up for debate but at least we can [...]

Leave a Reply

You may either Log in if you already have an account or simply provide the following information:

Please be sure you understand our comment policy.

Subscribe without commenting