{"id":1344,"date":"2009-12-31T08:45:30","date_gmt":"2009-12-31T13:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/?p=1344"},"modified":"2019-06-07T13:42:28","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T17:42:28","slug":"are-new-yorkers-really-unhappy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/are-new-yorkers-really-unhappy\/","title":{"rendered":"Are New Yorkers really unhappy?"},"content":{"rendered":"

We spend a lot of time wishing each other happiness at this time of year — happy holidays, happy new year, merry Christmas, happy Hanukkah.
\nSo this recent NY Times article<\/a> about who’s most happy and least happy seems especially well timed.<\/p>\n

a study<\/a> by two economics professors, newly published<\/a> in Science magazine. The academics \u2014 Andrew J. Oswald, of the University of Warwick in Britain, and Stephen Wu<\/a>, of Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y. \u2014 examined piles of data, tossed them into a research Cuisinart and came up with a guide to American happiness, ranked by state.
\nOn the smiley scale, New York landed on the bottom.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>
If you're a Science magazine subscriber, click here to read the article by Andrew J. Oswald and Stephen Wu<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nI found this fascinating as a transplanted New Yorker. When I tell people where we live, they often swoon as they talk about the music, the art, the food, the architecture, public transportation, multicultural population … but they often also say “it’s a great place but I don’t think I could live there.”
\nAre they on to something? Is New York a better place to visit than to live?
\nThe article goes on:<\/p>\n

It falls to a New Yorker to ask how it is, if this is such an unhappy place, that more people are living in the city than ever before: an estimated 8.4 million. \u201cThat\u2019s a very sensible point,\u201d Professor Oswald said. Many people, he said, do indeed think of states like New York and California as \u201cmarvelous places to live in.\u201d
\n\u201cThe problem,\u201d he said, \u201cis that if too many individuals think that way, they move into those states, and the resulting congestion and house prices make it a nonfulfilling prophecy.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The study isn’t just looking at New York City — it’s a state by state look so the data include Albany, Poughkeepsie, Syracuse, Schenectady and points all around. But since Connecticut and New Jersey are the next two worst on the happiness scale, maybe proximity to NYC is enough to bring you down?
\nI would have expected my home state of Michigan, beaten down by the recession and the struggling auto industry, to be more unhappy than New York.
\nI’m really curious about this. Does the high cost of living, the crowds and the noise make people unhappy? The hurried lifestyle? Is it seeing and envying the super rich who always seem to have it better than you, no matter how well you’re doing?
\nOr is it reversed? That people who are less prone to happiness move to the New York area — the sensitive artists, musicians and actors, the cynical journalists, the always-striving bankers — and thus bring the score down.
\nI’ve written before about choosing a home wisely because of the influence it has on your lifestyle. Click here to read that post.<\/a> How do you think lifestyle and culture influences happiness data?
\nWhat role does your hometown and home state play in your happiness? Is it chicken or egg to you?<\/strong>
\nAnd happy new year to you, wherever you live.
\n<\/strong>
\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We spend a lot of time wishing each other happiness at this time of year — happy holidays, happy new year, merry Christmas, happy Hanukkah. So this recent NY Times article about who’s most happy and least happy seems especially well timed. a study by two economics professors, newly published in Science magazine. The academics \u2014 Andrew J. Oswald, of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[56,58],"tags":[174,1118,1119,1120,1760,1896,2266,2433],"yoast_head":"\nAre New Yorkers really unhappy? - Newvine Growing<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/are-new-yorkers-really-unhappy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Are New Yorkers really unhappy? - Newvine Growing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We spend a lot of time wishing each other happiness at this time of year — happy holidays, happy new year, merry Christmas, happy Hanukkah. So this recent NY Times article about who’s most happy and least happy seems especially well timed. a study by two economics professors, newly published in Science magazine. The academics \u2014 Andrew J. Oswald, of…\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/are-new-yorkers-really-unhappy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Newvine Growing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-12-31T13:45:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-06-07T17:42:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/no-image.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Colleen Newvine Tebeau\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Colleen Newvine Tebeau\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/are-new-yorkers-really-unhappy\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/are-new-yorkers-really-unhappy\/\",\"name\":\"Are New Yorkers really unhappy? - Newvine Growing\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-12-31T13:45:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-06-07T17:42:28+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/#\/schema\/person\/34671ebbbb37e4c1cc97f2f5ac1b1646\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/are-new-yorkers-really-unhappy\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/are-new-yorkers-really-unhappy\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/are-new-yorkers-really-unhappy\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Are New Yorkers really unhappy?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/\",\"name\":\"Newvine Growing\",\"description\":\"Live life intentionally\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/#\/schema\/person\/34671ebbbb37e4c1cc97f2f5ac1b1646\",\"name\":\"Colleen Newvine Tebeau\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/700a4f604ab1d15dc1062a892418c128?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/700a4f604ab1d15dc1062a892418c128?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Colleen Newvine Tebeau\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/author\/cnewvine\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Are New Yorkers really unhappy? - Newvine Growing","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/are-new-yorkers-really-unhappy\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Are New Yorkers really unhappy? - Newvine Growing","og_description":"We spend a lot of time wishing each other happiness at this time of year — happy holidays, happy new year, merry Christmas, happy Hanukkah. So this recent NY Times article about who’s most happy and least happy seems especially well timed. a study by two economics professors, newly published in Science magazine. The academics \u2014 Andrew J. Oswald, of…","og_url":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/are-new-yorkers-really-unhappy\/","og_site_name":"Newvine Growing","article_published_time":"2009-12-31T13:45:30+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-06-07T17:42:28+00:00","og_image":[{"width":500,"height":500,"url":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/no-image.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Colleen Newvine Tebeau","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Colleen Newvine Tebeau","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/are-new-yorkers-really-unhappy\/","url":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/are-new-yorkers-really-unhappy\/","name":"Are New Yorkers really unhappy? - Newvine Growing","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/#website"},"datePublished":"2009-12-31T13:45:30+00:00","dateModified":"2019-06-07T17:42:28+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/#\/schema\/person\/34671ebbbb37e4c1cc97f2f5ac1b1646"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/are-new-yorkers-really-unhappy\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/are-new-yorkers-really-unhappy\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/are-new-yorkers-really-unhappy\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Are New Yorkers really unhappy?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/#website","url":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/","name":"Newvine Growing","description":"Live life intentionally","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/#\/schema\/person\/34671ebbbb37e4c1cc97f2f5ac1b1646","name":"Colleen Newvine Tebeau","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/700a4f604ab1d15dc1062a892418c128?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/700a4f604ab1d15dc1062a892418c128?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Colleen Newvine Tebeau"},"url":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/author\/cnewvine\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/no-image.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1344"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}