RANKINGS Happiest State To Live In!!! - Page 2

Kalli · ‎03-11-2010

@Jersey Born I spent half my childhood in the suburbs of NJ and we loved it. However, at some point my dad realized that the taxes were going up at an alarming rate and with a large family and only one income (since most moms were SAHMs back then), he eventually moved us to rural PA. What a major change that was!! Culture shock!

Anyway, whomever had originally planned that NJ suburban neighborhood was a genius. At the bottom of our street was a large municipal park which served as the center of many activities. There was a playground with swings, slides, a wooden fort, and next to that, a large flat grassy area for baseball games and such. At the bottom of the park was a stream. That area was flooded in wintertime to provide a shallow and safe place for kids to ice skate. There was a small building next to that where kids could change into their skates and someone played live organ music while we skated. Across the street was a small pond, a railway station and a short walk around the bend and under the railway brought us into a small downtown complete with bank, ice cream store, pet store where my sibs and I bought many pet turtles before fears of salmonella emerged. I forgot, there was also a library there.

I loved that place. So many wonderful memories.

Cakers3 · ‎06-17-2015

I thought the other thread stated that Washington state was #1. There it is #15.

https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/Washington-is-1/td-p/6813434

If people are leaving certain states-how do those states maintain a higher ranking???

Whatever. There are issues I liked and issues I disliked back home and the same for where I am now.

All the best to wherever you live.

"" Compassion is a verb."-Thich Nhat Hanh

Puppy Lips · ‎05-09-2010

I think you should make your own happiness, no matter where you live. You can't expect any one or anything (like the weather) to do it for you. I think these studies are dumb and are likely the result of a group of people trying to justify a paycheck.

Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else. Margaret Mead

just bee · ‎03-10-2010

I usually take these surveys with a grain of salt, but there are grains of truth here regarding New Mexico.

This is a state that is dependent on the kindness of strangers and the federal government. Our economy had been growing; however, the draconian COVID lockdown has closed several family-owned businesses permanently.

I work as a psychiatric nurse and I see the devastation on a nightly basis. Addiction and suicide rates are some of the highest in the nation.

This is a state with incredible potential but it has been squandered.

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Porcelain · ‎02-19-2014

Obvious cause and effect is all I'll say about this list.

When you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.
"Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic." - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

Jersey Born · ‎03-10-2010

Well, @proudlyfromNJ , you are experiencing what you are, and I am experiencing what I am, and what I am experiencing is 180 degrees opposite of what you are.

I have three friends who are moving or have already purchased homes in Florida. I am also considering a move, as are some other friends of mine. I am quite unhappy in the state in which I reside for many reasons.

Jersey Born · ‎03-10-2010

@Kalli , I loved my state as a child, too. I also love PA! One of my most favorite places on earth is in PA, New Hope with all of its shops, restaurants, and art galleries, even though it is but a shadow of what it once was decades ago due to perpetual flooding, and other reasons I am sure.

I attended a surprise 40th birthday party thrown for a friend at a lovely home in rural PA on a large expanse of land, and the best moment of that party was seeing the resident peacock in their yard giving all of us on the covered porch a fantastic display of its fanned out feathers as if to enthrall and entertain us (which it did).

Spurt · ‎03-20-2010

@Cakers3 wrote:
I thought the other thread stated that Washington state was #1. There it is #15.

https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/Washington-is-1/td-p/6813434

If people are leaving certain states-how do those states maintain a higher ranking???

Whatever. There are issues I liked and issues I disliked back home and the same for where I am now.

All the best to wherever you live.

@Cakers3

Two different studies with different parameters....The link you provided is for the overall State Ranking based on US News & World Report Parameters, while the poll I reference is for HAPPIEST State done by psychology "experts"......

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Cakers3 · ‎06-17-2015

@Spurt wrote:
@Cakers3 wrote:
I thought the other thread stated that Washington state was #1. There it is #15.

https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/Washington-is-1/td-p/6813434

If people are leaving certain states-how do those states maintain a higher ranking???

Whatever. There are issues I liked and issues I disliked back home and the same for where I am now.

All the best to wherever you live.
@Cakers3

Two different studies with different parameters....The link you provided is for the overall State Ranking based on US News & World Report Parameters, while the poll I reference is for HAPPIEST State done by psychology "experts"......