How to find a place to live where you'll be happier

[Brujah]

Move to a rich neighborhood in a poor county:

The relative income or income status hypothesis implies that people should be happier when they live among the poor. Findings on neighborhood effects suggest, however, that living in a poorer neighborhood reduces, not enhances, a person's happiness. Using data from the American National Election Study linked to income data from the U.S. census, the authors find that Americans tend to be happier when they reside in richer neighborhoods (consistent with neighborhood studies) in poorer counties (as predicted by the relative income hypothesis). Thus it appears that individuals in fact are happier when they live among the poor, as long as the poor do not live too close.

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[Axzar]

This is my life. Truth! I sit on a bluff with 5 other "rich" homes. Walk down the hill a bit and families are lucky to make $10 a day. It's all good until a local pulls up a herd of goats for random feeding time.

[mce]

The sense of joy (different from happiness) is truly one of the riches of spending time in a "poor" country. Notice that many poor countries, even adjusting for class and stigma, don't rank high in antidepressants/antianxiety medication?

[GAMEFINEST]

money can buy hapyness.

[bronco67]

Living among the poor is great, as long as some of them are hot.