Post by Arlon10 on Aug 31, 2018 10:56:59 GMT
That is a big factor too when I think about a truly beautiful city. Normally, a happy society is a positive society. Usually, a happy city is a result of positive people and higher ethical values among its people. Although there can be extrinsic factors such as temporary growth of a particular business sector that can make a place economically well off and thereby increase the happiness temporarily. But more usually social happiness is something that arises from ethical values that are shared by community at large.
But a question arises about what is happiness? Satisfaction from life? Feelings that one is enjoying his of her life?
In a large survey recently, my current city (Melbourne) was ranked as the happiest city in the whole world. It was from a survey across 32 cities worldwide that included cities like Tokyo, New York and Barcelona. But now what is my personal experience? I have seen no reason to believe that people in Melbourne are more ethical or even more happy than people of other places. Yeah, the wages are very high and cost of living is not that high. So may be people confuse satisfaction with economic condition with happiness. May be. I am not sure.
CITY SNAPSHOT ACCORDING TO TIME OUT
* Melbourne - happiest
* Dubai - longest working hours
* Washington - most singles on the dating scene
* New York - best nightlife scene, most stressed
* Paris - most sleep-deprived, most sex
* Chicago - most exciting