Louisiana Is The Happiest State!

Louisiana Is The Happiest State!

(LATimes) | [...] The researchers, led by professor Andrew Oswald from the University of Warwick, examined data from a random sample of 1.3 million U.S. citizens on life satisfaction. They compared those findings to a 2003 study that considered objective indicators for each individual state, such as weather, coastal land, public land, parks, hazardous waste sites, commute time, crime, air quality, teacher-student ratios, local taxes, cost of living and other factors. When comparing the two tables, they found a very close match between how happy people say they are and the estimated quality-of-life in their state.

“The beauty of our statistical method is that we are able to look below the surface of American life — to identify the deep patterns in people’s underlying happiness from Alabama to Wyoming,” Oswald said in a news release.

Of Louisiana’s top ranking, he noted that some of the data collection preceded Hurricane Katrina in 2005. But Oswald stills believes the state is happy because of, well, low expectations. “Bargains in life are usually found outside the spotlight,” he noted.

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In a way, this doesn’t surprise me, but sadly, my evidence isn’t up anymore. There was this chick on youtube, this gangsta hood rat ghetto bitch for lack of better phrasing, would do videos, where she gave beauty tips, show off her glock, show off her dresses, show off her man, show off her car stereo system, etc. And shorty just seemed genuinely happy. I mean maybe I need some gold fronts to help with my mental ebs and flows. But yeah, this chick’s youtube account isn’t up anymore. I am assuming she got pissed that WSHH was reposting her material and also she probably caught a lot of heat for showing off her loaded pistol in a video. But, I guess that’s happy for ya!

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