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New York City is the most unhappy city in America
New York City is the most unhappy city in America. That’s according to data coming from a working paper by Harvard professor Edward Glaeser, Vancouver School of Economics professor Joshua Gottlieb and Harvard doctoral student Oren Ziv. They used data collected in a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey called the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, and then adjusted it for age, sex, race, income and other factors. (Such adjustments are important — women, for instance, are happier than men; the married are happier than single or divorced respondents; and so on.)
The happiest five cities are all in Louisiana, with Lafayette taking the crown (Louisiana is also the happiest state).
Lafayette, LA MSA 0.145806
Houma, LA MSA 0.133146
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA MSA 0.125351
Baton Rouge, LA MSA 0.101774
Alexandria, LA MSA 0.092616