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02-28-13, 07:02 PM #1
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10 least happy states: 41. Oklahoma 42. Indiana 43. Louisiana 44. Ohio 45. Alabama 46. Arkansas 47. Tennessee 48. Mississippi 49. Kentucky 50. West Virginia
Hawaii ranks No. 1 for the fourth year in a row as the state where residents report the best sense of overall well-being, based on physical health, outlook on life, job satisfaction and other factors that affect quality of life, according to the annual Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, released Wednesday.
Other states that have consistently ranked in the top 10 on the well-being index every year from 2008 to 2012 include Utah, Minnesota, Colorado and Montana.Folks in these states tend to have lower rates of obesity and fewer medical problems such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease, chronic pain. They also report enjoying their jobs more, have lower rates of smoking, and exercise more often than residents in states that rank lower on the list.Five states that have always been in the bottom 10 with the lowest well-being score every year from 2008 to 2012: West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Arkansas and Mississippi.
Hawaiians have highest well-being rating for 4th yearHere's a look at the overall state rankings based on how residents described their sense of well being in 2012:1. Hawaii2. Colorado3. Minnesota4. Utah5. Vermont6. Montana7. Nebraska8. New Hampshire9. Iowa10. Massachusetts11, Maryland12. South Dakota13. Wyoming14. Virginia15. Washington16. Connecticut17. Kansas18. California19. North Dakota20. Wisconsin21. Maine22. Idaho23. Arizona24. Oregon25. New Mexico26. Delaware27. Texas28. Illinois29. Pennsylvania30. New York31. Alaska32. New Jersey33. Georgia34, Florida35. North Carolina36. Michigan37, Rhode Island38. Missouri39. Nevada40. South Carolina
41. Oklahoma42. Indiana43. Louisiana44. Ohio45. Alabama46. Arkansas47. Tennessee48. Mississippi49. Kentucky50. West Virginia
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03-01-13, 02:09 AM #2
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As I'm still thinking about moving to Arizona, that placing will do. Don't want to be too happy.
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03-01-13, 09:50 AM #3
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I'm not happy with this damn poll.............
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03-01-13, 11:57 AM #4
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I'll take 21!
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This poll as I understand it,was made by searching out "happy" words and "curse" words,that is why I cry foul.Ya see down here when we say something to the effect of"Shyte,those were some dayum good crawfish",this is NOT an unhappy thing.
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03-02-13, 06:11 PM #6
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This one used surveys:
Originally Posted by mavriktu
This poll as I understand it,was made by searching out "happy" words and "curse" words,that is why I cry foul.Ya see down here when we say something to the effect of"Shyte,those were some dayum good crawfish",this is NOT an unhappy thing.
Hawaiians have highest well-being rating for 4th yearFor the well-being index, Gallup conducted phone surveys from a random sample of 1,000 people daily for 350 days a year. People answered questions about their physical health (chronic health conditions, obesity); lifestyle behaviors (smoking, diet and exercise); emotional health (outlook on life, sadness); work environment (enjoying their jobs, relationship with supervisors); basic access (health care, food); and life evaluation (how they rate their lives). The survey measures 50 metrics of overall health and well-being. Gallup then analyzed the results to develop the annual index, which began in 2008.
But maybe they cursed at the surveyers....
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Mississippi ranks 49 but personally I'm happy, happy, happy!
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Originally Posted by Cidp24
Drug use doesn't count.To be born an Englishman, is to be a winner in the Lottery of Life.
I've Talked the Talk and I've Walked the Walk, now I Sit the Sit!
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03-03-13, 05:35 AM #9
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Cid,it is apparent that Trojan,does NOT get some of the finer television programming that the U.S. affords some of us,GO UNCLE SI!!!
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03-03-13, 07:30 AM #10
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I am Happy in my State. Guns, Beer and Housing are cheap. Demokrats and Unions hate us. Easy to see why I am happy.
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Actually , I think that is Phil's catch phrase. Originally Posted by mavriktu
SI VIS PACEM PARA BELLUM-Ex-Sheriff Martin Howe to Will Kane in "High Noon"
"It's a great life. You risk your skin catching killers and the juries turn them loose so they can come back and shoot at you again. If your honest , your poor your whole life. And , In the end , you wind up dying all alone on some dirty street. For what? For nothing. For a tin star."
Far from being a handicap to command, compassion is the measure of it. For unless one values the lives of his soldiers and is tormented by their ordeals , he is unfit to command.
-General Omar Bradley, United States Army
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