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[ImWithStupid]

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Posted April 06, 2009

Happiness Index: Nebraska Nabs Top Spot

By Stephen Dalton

The folks in Nebraska are happier than you.

The state that brought you "Kool-Aid? and ?CliffsNotes? and the world?s richest person, Warren Buffett (Stock Quote: BRK.A), is feeling better off than the rest of us, according to MainStreet.com?s new Happiness Index.

We all know that money alone can?t buy happiness, but having a job, home and enough money to cover your basic budgetary needs is a good start.

The Cornhusker state was awarded the top ranking because:

It ranked 2nd overall in lowest number of foreclosures

It ranked 2nd in lowest unemployment rate

It ranked 5th in lowest percentage of non-mortgage debt by income

The Happiness Index, which looks at household income, debt, employment and foreclosures, is a fresh take on the old and tired Misery Index, made popular in the 1970s. The Misery Index takes into account unemployment and inflation rates and seeks to identify the most financially miserable places to live.

The Happiness Index, on the other hand, is all about which states are best weathering the current economic storm.

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[phreakwars]

It's only because ignorance is bliss.

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[mercury]

yeah, well I just got booted from the 5th best city in the country to live, 2 years running, so there!

 

[Ahhlee]

Congratulations! Way to go!

And although you sport some shiny happy people in NE and your side **** is heralded as a state treasure, I am SO not moving there.

Don't cry, IWS.......don't cry.

 

[jokersarewild]

Hm...I live near the Emerald Triangle (wiki that biznatch) and within short driving distance of beaches full of hot chicks. It's getting warmer and hot chicks are going to want to wear less and less. California has the ol' "California Girls". So...

Yeah, you TOTALLY live in the happiest state in the union, or whatever your silly, non-California-related claim you make.

 

[RoyalOrleans]

Hm...I live near the Emerald Triangle (wiki that biznatch) and within short driving distance of beaches full of hot chicks. It's getting warmer and hot chicks are going to want to wear less and less. California has the ol' "California Girls". So...
Yeah, you TOTALLY live in the happiest state in the union, or whatever your silly, non-California-related claim you make.

And that's all you'll ever be. An oggler. A peering, leering hermaphrodite curious of the ways of his/her other half. "Should I wear a bikini or a one-piece? What of my manboobs?".

 

[emkay64]

California is a fine place to live...if you're an orange.

 

[ImWithStupid]

Hm...I live near the Emerald Triangle (wiki that biznatch) and within short driving distance of beaches full of hot chicks. It's getting warmer and hot chicks are going to want to wear less and less. California has the ol' "California Girls". So...
Yeah, you TOTALLY live in the happiest state in the union, or whatever your silly, non-California-related claim you make.

I wouldn't live in California if they paid me... Oh yea, you do pay people to live there, that's why your state is so ******' broke.

We'd rather pay our own way here. It's called self reliance which leads to self respect.

 

[Chi]

...I am SO not moving there.

I think I'll pass, too. The middle of nowhere with nothing to do doesn't = happiness for me either. No offense

I'd also like to know who these judges were...

 

[Ahhlee]

I think I'll pass, too. The middle of nowhere with nothing to do doesn't = happiness for me either. No offense
I'd also like to know who these judges were...

None taken, Chi. I know it sucks ***. I live it every day.

 

[Chi]

None taken, Chi. I know it sucks ***. I live it every day.

I meant for the Nebraskans, but okay I like peace and quiet, but I'm just not accustomed to that lifestyle. I know some people must like and prefer it though.

 

[ImWithStupid]

To be honest. No offense, but I wouldn't want people from California, Illinois or other places to come here. Because then we would end up being the same as those places.

Ask natives from Montana, Utah, Idaho, etc... who have had a big influx of people fleeing the liberal high tax mentality of those places. They bring their liberal high tax mentality with them and try to change things to be like the same place they just fled.

That's what happened to Colorado over the past 30 years.

 

[Chi]

To be honest. No offense, but I wouldn't want people from California, Illinois or other places to come here. Because then we would end up being the same as those places.
Ask natives from Montana, Utah, Idaho, etc... who have had a big influx of people fleeing the liberal high tax mentality of those places. They bring their liberal high tax mentality with them and try to change things to be like the same place they just fled.

That's what happened to Colorado over the past 30 years.

Liberal high tax mentality? lol. Um, no one likes high taxes besides politicians. Also, not all of IL is the same. All of the places that are far from Chicago and the surrounding suburbs here are VERY different. There are a lot of farms, middle of nowhere places, even the accents are very different.

 

[ImWithStupid]

Liberal high tax mentality? lol. Um, no one likes high taxes besides politicians. Also, not all of IL is the same. All of the places that are far from Chicago and the surrounding suburbs here are VERY different. There are a lot of farms, middle of nowhere places, even the accents are very different.

Nobody but politicians and all the people wanting government services.

And those outside Chicago areas aren't the places that one would flee from, either.

 

[Chi]

Nobody but politicians and all the people wanting government services.
And those outside Chicago areas aren't the places that one would flee from, either.

Just for that I'm moving to Nebraska. And I'm bringing my girls Ali, Emkay and Merc with me. I'm bringing MK, too, for good measure. So she can torture you

 

[ImWithStupid]

Just for that I'm moving to Nebraska. And I'm bringing my girls Ali, Emkay and Merc with me. I'm bringing MK, too, for good measure. So she can torture you

Yes!!! My reverse psychology worked.

I mean. No don't you bunch of harpies.

 

[mercury]

I'll be representing the D... where's the ghetto in Nebraska?

 

[hugo]

California is a fine place to live...if you're an orange.

They probably tax oranges too.

 

[hugo]

Liberal high tax mentality? lol. Um, no one likes high taxes besides politicians. Also, not all of IL is the same. All of the places that are far from Chicago and the surrounding suburbs here are VERY different. There are a lot of farms, middle of nowhere places, even the accents are very different.

Kind of hard to expand government without raising taxes for too long. It has already been done for 8 years running and look what we got to show for it.