America's Happiest States
Ariel Schwartz discusses the recently released findings of the 2012 Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, which "surveys 1,000 people each day for 350 days out of the year, asking them questions about work environment, physical health, emotional health, lifestyle behaviors like exercise and smoking, access to things like health care and food, and overall life satisfaction."
In addition to Hawaii, "Colorado, Montana, Utah, and Minnesota have also remained in the top 10 for the last four years. Vermont, Iowa, and Nebraska, on the other hand, have jumped from being moderately happy states (Vermont was ranked at 27 in 2008) to the top 10."
At the other end of the list are a collection of Southern and Appalachian states. West Virginia has the dubious distinction of coming in last for the fourth consecutive year.
Topics
- Regional Planning Paradigm Shift in Southern California
- Minneapolis Officially Ends Single-Family Zoning; Change to Take Effect January 1
- Urban Planning, Explained
- Criticism of a Gas Station Proposed for the Philadelphia Waterfront
- 'The Future of Transportation Is Not About Inventions. It’s About Choices.'
- What Would Cities Look Like if They Were Designed by Women?
- The Onion Satirizes New York's Fare Enforcement Techniques, Over Spending on Transit
- New Local Celebrity: Sinkhole Bus
- A Long-Range Transportation Plan for Ohio
- Torrent of Pro-Housing Policies Could Overwhelm California's Planners
- SUVs Pay More to Park in Montreal
- The Food Deserts of Rural America
- S.F. Park Will Provide Panoramic Views of the Bay
- Uber's Self-Driving Cars Couldn’t Detect People Outside of Crosswalks
- Evaluating D.C.'s Progress Toward Vision Zero
- When the Floodwaters Receded in Ellicott City
- Planning and Teaching in Southern California
- Maryland and Virginia to Increase Capacity on the Legion Bridge Across the Potomac
- Street Murals for Traffic Safety
- $900 Million in BUILD Transportation Grants Announced
