A new national analysis suggests that while Utah often ranks high in measures of economic growth and outdoor lifestyle, the state’s largest cities placed relatively low in a recent study of the happiest places to live in the United States.
Financial website WalletHub recently released its annual report on the “Happiest Cities in America,” comparing 182 of the nation’s largest cities across 29 key indicators of well-being. The rankings examine three broad categories: emotional and physical well-being, income and employment, and community and environment.
Now, I have to tell you that I’m not sure that all the metrics that WalletHub used are what adds up to bring happiness into a persons life. Emotional and physical well being seem like reasonable factors, but the economic factors to my mind are not the driving force of having a happy life.
Still, the report offers some interesting insights.
California And The Midwest The Happiest Places?
According to the study, many of the nation’s happiest cities are located in California and the Midwest. Fremont, California ranked first overall, followed by San Jose, California and Irvine, California. The top five was rounded out by Sioux Falls, South Dakota and Overland Park, Kansas…