Where Americans are happiest

If you were to ask your neighbors how much they like living in your state, what would they say? Gallup has published findings from a new poll showing how residents like living in their states.

Apparently, no one in Montana bothered to reply to the survey - too busy running from bears.

If you want to lead a happy life, Boulder, Colorado, it seems, is the place to be – because it was named as the happiest city in the U.S. last October.

It topped a list of 25 of America's happiest cities, revealed in the book The Blue Zones of Happiness, by National Geographic Explorer Dan Buettner.

Along with National Geographic and Gallup, he developed an index to measure a population's happiness based on 15 metrics including civic engagement, walkability and healthful food options.

Boulder tops the list with walkability, access to nature and sense of community being contributing factors to its residents' happiness.

I did live in Boulder for a period in the nineties, and it was a great place to live.
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