Hmmm, seems to be a theme in this article....

Link

Poverty...

I also notice that instead of polling actual people they have useless metrics to determine if someone is content or miserable. Income, weight, and education have little to do with quality of life and happiness.

4. Minnesota
> Well-being index score: 69.7
> Life expectancy: 81.1 years (2nd highest)
> Pct. obese: 22.0% (4th lowest)
> Median household income: $58,906 (9th highest)
> Pct. with high school diploma: 92.5% (2nd highest)


I will live longer, be skinnier, and make more than most of you. But I will always, always be colder. Freezing, even.

A partisan site prints a partisan article. News at 11.

Ain't no way all those freezing people in Minn, ND and SD are content!

(02-27-2014 09:17 AM)EverRespect Wrote:  I also notice that instead of polling actual people they have useless metrics to determine if someone is content or miserable. Income, weight, and education have little to do with quality of life and happiness.

yep...another in a long line of idioms (just to clarify, I'm referencing the article...not you)

Anyone can cherry pick data and create a misery ranking.

According to my index, West Virginia is one of the most content.

(02-27-2014 09:18 AM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  4. Minnesota
> Well-being index score: 69.7
> Life expectancy: 81.1 years (2nd highest)
> Pct. obese: 22.0% (4th lowest)
> Median household income: $58,906 (9th highest)
> Pct. with high school diploma: 92.5% (2nd highest)


I will live longer, be skinnier, and make more than most of you. But I will always, always be colder. Freezing, even.

You can just move to Fla or Ariz. when you retire.

XACLY! EverRespect

(02-27-2014 09:34 AM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  

(02-27-2014 09:18 AM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  4. Minnesota
> Well-being index score: 69.7
> Life expectancy: 81.1 years (2nd highest)
> Pct. obese: 22.0% (4th lowest)
> Median household income: $58,906 (9th highest)
> Pct. with high school diploma: 92.5% (2nd highest)


I will live longer, be skinnier, and make more than most of you. But I will always, always be colder. Freezing, even.

You can just move to Fla or Ariz. when you retire.

costa rica is even more alluring.....

(02-27-2014 09:17 AM)EverRespect Wrote:  I also notice that instead of polling actual people they have useless metrics to determine if someone is content or miserable. Income, weight, and education have little to do with quality of life and happiness.

The polled more than 175,000 people.

(02-27-2014 09:18 AM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  4. Minnesota
> Well-being index score: 69.7
> Life expectancy: 81.1 years (2nd highest)
> Pct. obese: 22.0% (4th lowest)
> Median household income: $58,906 (9th highest)
> Pct. with high school diploma: 92.5% (2nd highest)


I will live longer, be skinnier, and make more than most of you. But I will always, always be colder. Freezing, even.

Advantage us!

(02-27-2014 09:18 AM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  4. Minnesota
> Well-being index score: 69.7
> Life expectancy: 81.1 years (2nd highest)
> Pct. obese: 22.0% (4th lowest)
> Median household income: $58,906 (9th highest)
> Pct. with high school diploma: 92.5% (2nd highest)


I will live longer, be skinnier, and make more than most of you. But I will always, always be colder. Freezing, even.

I'm in Alabama, and I'll take that trade-off right now.

BTW, I'm a college graduate with a BMI of 25-even, so there's that.