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These things come around a fair bit but this video - from a US Expert - discusses how they come up with this stuff.
One thing they don't mention is the fitness level of a population. Fitness has a tendency to make people happier and so fitness and diet may be bigger factors and "perhaps" more walking focused cities will give people a boost in this regard.
The argument around mixed race is weak since Canada is very diverse just like the US and scores highly on these metrics. Besides the USA does well on these too. Comparing a population of 5 million to 330+ million is going to obviously yield more "unhappy" people so a large population will see far more diversity in rankings so it's not something to get peeved about.
The US has 50 quite different States - Canada has provinces and territories that are all quite different. So one might be happier in one State or province than in another. Finland and Denmark are tiny. Indeed, tiny means you run into far fewer people. And the more people I meet the more I like my cats.
Still, since we can't travel I am enjoying these little tidbits from around the world to see how other people live their lives. And perhaps their happiness level is something to consider rather than the chase for material things.
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Topic - Why Finland And Denmark Are Happier - RGA 01:03:36 12/6/20 (89)
- Just proves happiness is a state of mind - E-Stat 10:01:09 12/6/20 (2)
- RE: Just proves happiness is a state of mind - RGA 14:57:53 12/6/20 (1)
- RE: Just proves happiness is a state of mind - immatthewj 15:11:59 12/6/20 (0)
- Finland had a shocking rate of... - b.l.zeebub 07:32:28 12/6/20 (2)
- Live Well Be Happy - Dynobot 12:04:00 12/6/20 (0)
- And smoking... - Ivan303 09:14:27 12/6/20 (0)
- It probably has more to do with other factors... - ghost of olddude55 07:17:54 12/6/20 (76)
- Sorry - E-Stat 09:42:32 12/6/20 (75)
- You're talking wealth, I'm talking income. - ghost of olddude55 10:27:27 12/6/20 (72)
- Seriously? - E-Stat 10:51:52 12/6/20 (71)
- Actually, I had it wrong... - ghost of olddude55 12:55:58 12/6/20 (54)
- RE: Actually, I had it wrong... - E-Stat 13:13:07 12/6/20 (53)
- Finns don't pay anywhere near 70%. - ghost of olddude55 13:29:43 12/6/20 (52)
- RE: Finns don't pay anywhere near 70%. - immatthewj 15:09:50 12/6/20 (0)
- RE: Finns don't pay anywhere near 70%. - E-Stat 14:28:25 12/6/20 (50)
- RE: Finns don't pay anywhere near 70%. - RGA 15:06:59 12/6/20 (49)
- RE: Finns don't pay anywhere near 70%. - Tre' 15:57:28 12/6/20 (18)
- RE: Finns don't pay anywhere near 70%. - RGA 16:26:38 12/6/20 (17)
- RE: Finns don't pay anywhere near 70%. - pictureguy 20:57:54 12/6/20 (9)
- Well this is the situation in Canada. - RGA 17:57:26 12/7/20 (1)
- RE: Well this is the situation in Canada. - pictureguy 18:17:21 12/7/20 (0)
- RE: Finns don't pay anywhere near 70%. - rivervalley817 21:28:57 12/6/20 (6)
- RE: Finns don't pay anywhere near 70%. - pictureguy 22:05:43 12/6/20 (5)
- RE: Finns don't pay anywhere near 70%. - rivervalley817 10:32:23 12/7/20 (4)
- RE: Finns don't pay anywhere near 70%. - pictureguy 10:53:16 12/7/20 (3)
- RE: Finns don't pay anywhere near 70%. - rivervalley817 18:23:00 12/7/20 (2)
- RE: Finns don't pay anywhere near 70%. - pictureguy 20:16:35 12/7/20 (1)
- RE: Finns don't pay anywhere near 70%. - rivervalley817 21:03:02 12/7/20 (0)
- Actually... - E-Stat 18:53:06 12/6/20 (6)
- RE: Actually... - bullethead 18:56:57 12/6/20 (5)
- Another reason - E-Stat 19:16:48 12/6/20 (4)
- RE: Another reason - pictureguy 20:53:43 12/6/20 (3)
- RE: Another reason - E-Stat 05:45:24 12/7/20 (2)
- RE: Another reason - pictureguy 10:24:10 12/7/20 (1)
- RE: Another reason - E-Stat 10:30:00 12/7/20 (0)
- RE: Finns don't pay anywhere near 70%. - E-Stat 15:13:47 12/6/20 (29)
- RE: Finns don't pay anywhere near 70%. - immatthewj 15:23:38 12/6/20 (14)
- Seriously! - E-Stat 15:30:37 12/6/20 (13)
- RE: Seriously! - immatthewj 15:32:22 12/6/20 (12)
- RE: Seriously! - E-Stat 15:39:14 12/6/20 (11)
- RE: Seriously! - RGA 21:13:03 12/6/20 (0)
- RE: Seriously! - immatthewj 15:44:48 12/6/20 (1)
- RE: Seriously! - E-Stat 15:48:47 12/6/20 (0)
- RE: Seriously! - immatthewj 15:42:43 12/6/20 (7)
- RE: Seriously! - E-Stat 16:46:15 12/6/20 (6)
- RE: Seriously! - immatthewj 16:51:28 12/6/20 (5)
- It's by a matter of degrees - E-Stat 17:12:56 12/6/20 (4)
- RE: It's by a matter of degrees - immatthewj 10:22:57 12/7/20 (3)
- Donnie - Inmate51 13:27:17 12/10/20 (1)
- RE: Donnie - immatthewj 17:48:59 12/10/20 (0)
- Accepted uses of language - E-Stat 10:32:29 12/7/20 (0)
- RE: Finns don't pay anywhere near 70%. - RGA 15:22:25 12/6/20 (13)
- What incredible drivel - E-Stat 15:26:39 12/6/20 (12)
- RE: What incredible drivel - RGA 15:50:57 12/6/20 (11)
- RE: What incredible drivel - E-Stat 15:56:22 12/6/20 (10)
- RE: What incredible drivel - RGA 16:44:46 12/6/20 (9)
- RE: What incredible drivel - E-Stat 16:52:52 12/6/20 (8)
- RE: What incredible drivel - RGA 17:33:03 12/6/20 (7)
- RE: What incredible drivel - Inmate51 18:23:44 12/6/20 (2)
- Amen! -nt - E-Stat 05:48:04 12/7/20 (0)
- RE: What incredible drivel - RGA 21:39:35 12/6/20 (0)
- RE: What incredible drivel - E-Stat 17:39:03 12/6/20 (3)
- RE: What incredible drivel - RGA 21:43:33 12/6/20 (2)
- Thanks for the sentiment - E-Stat 05:40:08 12/7/20 (0)
- RE: What incredible drivel - rivervalley817 21:55:27 12/6/20 (0)
- LOL. So why are they happy, just fitness? One way they stay fit..... - Rick W 11:59:24 12/6/20 (13)
- RE: LOL. So why are they happy, just fitness? One way they stay fit..... - rivervalley817 13:00:32 12/6/20 (0)
- RE: LOL. So why are they happy, just fitness? One way they stay fit..... - E-Stat 12:05:40 12/6/20 (11)
- The usual shallow post from you presenting a figure without the WHY. - Rick W 11:55:57 12/9/20 (7)
- Ok - E-Stat 12:43:57 12/9/20 (6)
- C'mon man, its about *what's provided* by tax dollars. - Rick W 14:36:31 12/9/20 (5)
- RE: C'mon man, its about *what's provided* by tax dollars. - E-Stat 14:54:21 12/9/20 (4)
- You obviously know little about public trans. - Rick W 17:53:07 12/9/20 (3)
- RE: You obviously know little about public trans. - E-Stat 18:07:01 12/9/20 (2)
- You just proved my point. When's the last time you were in NYC or D.C.? - Rick W 19:58:18 12/9/20 (1)
- And you failed to answer the simple question - E-Stat 05:59:09 12/10/20 (0)
- RE: LOL. So why are they happy, just fitness? One way they stay fit..... - immatthewj 12:35:37 12/6/20 (2)
- Moot point today - E-Stat 12:45:10 12/6/20 (1)
- RE: Moot point today - immatthewj 15:07:18 12/6/20 (0)
- RE: Seriously? - b.l.zeebub 11:47:08 12/6/20 (1)
- Ok - E-Stat 12:01:07 12/6/20 (0)
- RE: Sorry - b.l.zeebub 10:23:10 12/6/20 (1)
- Point taken, but - E-Stat 10:27:14 12/6/20 (0)
- Drunk? nt - tinear 06:29:32 12/6/20 (0)
- RE: Why Finland And Denmark Are Happier, but shorter than the Dutch - B. Scarpia 05:33:08 12/6/20 (1)
- RE: Why Finland And Denmark Are Happier, but shorter than the Dutch - b.l.zeebub 05:59:02 12/6/20 (0)
- RE: Why Finland And Denmark Are Happier - b.l.zeebub 04:45:08 12/6/20 (2)
- RE: Why Finland And Denmark Are Happier - srdavis2000 07:42:10 12/6/20 (1)
- RE: Why Finland And Denmark Are Happier - b.l.zeebub 11:08:40 12/6/20 (0)