WFCR Local News
(2010-02-15)
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A new survey suggests Michigan has some of the nation's happiest and least happy people living in it.
Researchers with the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index asked more than 300 thousand people about their jobs, finances, physical health, emotional state of mind and communities.
Based on those questionnaires, the group has ranked the nation's cities by who's the happiest.
Holland residents live in what the researchers say is the second happiest place in the country. Meanwhile people in Flint scored near the bottom of the survey.
Anne Wilkins is with Healthways. She says the survey shows the importance a community can have on the people who live in it.
"The impact of a community is tremendous, and can vary within a state like Michigan," says Wilkins.
The survey found people living in communities in western states are generally the happiest, while cities in the south tended to be the least happy. © Copyright 2012, Michigan Radio
