I enjoyed taking the community happiness survey this morning. It measures your happiness on a wide range of experiences — personal relationships, job, income, arts and culture, education, outdoor activities, public safety, health, spirituality and so on.
It also asks if you are happy with your government, local and national, on rankings such as transparency, effectiveness and ability to listen.
Taking the survey reminded me of all the benefits of our foothills’ lifestyle, despite the negative aspects that we discuss on Sierra Foothills Report and elsewhere.
My score was 68 on a scale of 0 to 100. Fifty is considered average for adults.
The survey is here.
Thanks to Reinette Senum and others for organizing this excercise. Nobody ever said a happiness survey is the linchpin to our community’s future — but it is an element of civility and introspection, and I appreciate that.
A ranking of the happiest cities, from another survey, is here. Some cities, such as San Luis Obispo, use it as a marketing tool.
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http://2012nevadacounty.wordpress.com/2012/04/01/are-you-unhappy-enough-to-fill-out-an-18-page-survey/
Hope this helps: “Impatience and unhappiness”:
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-beauty-in-the-beast/201201/impatience-and-unhappiness
LOL!
Hah! I’m happier than you are, Jeff! I got an 84, which makes South County sound absolutely blissful, and you Nevada Cityians absolute grumps!
No, no, it’s from hanging out at CSU, the nation’s biggest party school!
Jeff,
You might be right about Chico making people happy, but sadly we’ve dropped off the radar as far as Party School ranks go. We haven’t been #1 on Playboy’s list since 1987. In 2002 (after I came) we dropped to #2, and a year or two, we fell off the list altogether. But alas, this apparently does not make me so unhappy!
Tony
I went to school in SLO, and I’d still be there except they didn’t have that thing called JOBS! LOL!!!! Beautiful place to live while in school, and grad school (in my case) and after 8 years of being there my father always asked me “so when are you going to get a job?”