Indiana Ranks Low on Happiness List - "Air quality a factor"

Sunday, December 20, 2009 by Tiffany Sauder
Really? Air quality?

This headline/ article below was featured in Inside Indiana Business' daily e-newsletter.

Indiana Ranks Low on Happiness List
A new survey ranks Indiana among the least happiest states in the country. The research from the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom and Hamilton College in New York suggests happiness levels are closely related to factors such as congestion and air quality.

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How about the fact that Indiana ranks high in obesity? Or the fact that we have an incredibly high rate of our population that smokes and the unemployment rate in some of our counties is the highest in the nation? And, to add to our grumpy state, our inner-city public school system graduates <50% of high-school Seniors.

How about we focus on things we can change to improve our 'Happiness' level instead of pointing to things like congestion and air quality.

Why am I so bugged that someone spent time researching why we're unhappy? I tell you what makes this Hoosier grumpy - is when people point to random, external factors that contributed to their current state of affairs.


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