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Hammock Parties 05-16-2019 10:59 PM

12th happiest city in the nation: Overland Park
 
http://mentalfloss.com/article/58030...ies-in-america

wat

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PLANO, TEXAS
IRVINE, CALIFORNIA
MADISON, WISCONSIN
FREMONT, CALIFORNIA
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA
FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA
OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS
SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA
AUSTIN, TEXAS
SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA
PEARL CITY, HAWAII
GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
GILBERT, ARIZONA
ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
CAPE CORAL, FLORIDA
CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA
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To see which city has the happiest citizens, WalletHub crunched some numbers.

The personal finance site looked at a number of different metrics, with categories including community and environment, income and employment, and emotional and physical well-being, to determine the happiest cities in the U.S.

Pulling from published psychology research, WalletHub found that Plano, Texas is the happiest of the 182 cities that were analyzed. It's followed by Irvine, California; Madison, Wisconsin; Fremont, California; and Huntington Beach, California. Cities in sunny California show up frequently on the list, with 14 cities from the state making the top 50.

kysirsoze 05-17-2019 12:14 AM

Daaaayum Cali represent!

stevieray 05-17-2019 12:17 AM

San Francisco?


Happy as shit!

rabblerouser 05-17-2019 01:03 AM

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Originally Posted by stevieray (Post 14272335)
San Francisco?


Happy as shit!

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article...-san-francisco

eDave 05-17-2019 01:04 AM

KC ranked higher than Phoenix tells me this article is bogus.

Why Not? 05-17-2019 01:15 AM

Hmmm. I’ve lived at varying times in Plano, OP, Gilbert , and not to far from Pearl City. Guess I’m a happy mother****er.

rabblerouser 05-17-2019 01:46 AM

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Originally Posted by eDave (Post 14272347)
KC ranked higher than Phoenix tells me this article is bogus.

OP is not KC, Dave...

007 05-17-2019 03:44 AM

Bullshit. Its Kansas. Nobody is happy in this state.

lawrenceRaider 05-17-2019 06:41 AM

Grand Prairie, TX on this list? Pretty damn obvious no one who "contributed" to the article has ever been there. It's a Dump situated between Dallas and Arlington.

In58men 05-17-2019 06:42 AM

Cali cuh gang gang

Titty Meat 05-17-2019 07:12 AM

More proof tyreek didnt do it

KCUnited 05-17-2019 12:21 PM

https://i.imgur.com/uu1QrU9.jpg?1

fan4ever 05-17-2019 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Why Not? (Post 14272350)
Hmmm. I’ve lived at varying times in Plano, OP, Gilbert , and not to far from Pearl City. Guess I’m a happy mother****er.

Maybe those cities happiness ratings spike once you move?

Rain Man 05-17-2019 12:55 PM

I wonder how many Chick Fil A's they'd need to add to move up to 11th.

carlos3652 05-17-2019 01:01 PM

Pretty happy in South OP. I agree with this list. :)

Rain Man 05-17-2019 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by carlos3652 (Post 14273172)
Pretty happy in South OP. I agree with this list. :)

Does it bother you that this is only the 12th-happiest version of you that could exist?

Iconic 05-17-2019 01:08 PM

Question for anyone who's been there: what the **** is so special about California?

carlos3652 05-17-2019 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 14273177)
Does it bother you that this is only the 12th-happiest version of you that could exist?

No because Im happy.

Rain Man 05-17-2019 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by carlos3652 (Post 14273187)
No because Im happy.

That makes sense.

Rain Man 05-17-2019 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Iconic (Post 14273184)
Question for anyone who's been there: what the **** is so special about California?

I go to southern California regularly, and it's nice as long as you don't have to drive far or buy a house. I'd live there.

TribalElder 05-17-2019 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by carlos3652 (Post 14273172)
Pretty happy in South OP. I agree with this list. :)

http://www.massappealnews.com/wp-con..._111834-12.jpg

TinyEvel 05-17-2019 01:31 PM

I've lived in 2 of the top 10 (still in SF w00t! I'm pretty damn happy. except when the rent is due.)

scho63 05-17-2019 01:33 PM

PLANO, TEXAS
IRVINE, CALIFORNIA
MADISON, WISCONSIN
FREMONT, CALIFORNIA
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA
FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA I'm very happy!
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA
OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS
SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA
AUSTIN, TEXAS
SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA
PEARL CITY, HAWAII
GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
GILBERT, ARIZONA
ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
CAPE CORAL, FLORIDA
CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA

58-4ever 05-17-2019 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by eDave (Post 14272347)
KC ranked higher than Phoenix tells me this article is bogus.

Yeah, because folks in 112 degree heat are supppper happy. :shake:

lewdog 05-17-2019 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by 58-4ever (Post 14273235)
Yeah, because folks in 112 degree heat are supppper happy. :shake:

You realize that's a few months of the year right? And we have no snow? And very little humidity?

eDave 05-17-2019 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by rabblerouser (Post 14272358)
OP is not KC, Dave...

If you look at the interactive map, KC is 126 while PHX is 127.

I lived in OP for a bit. I'm MUCH happier in PHX.

Mileage may vary.

TribalElder 05-17-2019 02:12 PM

That list is bullshit

No way Madison Wisconsin is the 3rd happiest place

It's in Wisconsin

eDave 05-17-2019 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by 58-4ever (Post 14273235)
Yeah, because folks in 112 degree heat are supppper happy. :shake:

We are actually.

Peeps here prefer 112 over 12. Personally, I love 112. Perfect pool weather and evening outside patio living. It's wonderful actually.

KCUnited 05-17-2019 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by 58-4ever (Post 14273235)
Yeah, because folks in 112 degree heat are supppper happy. :shake:

112 feels like 65 when you're over 65. So most of PHX :D

Rain Man 05-17-2019 02:24 PM

Yeah, but it's a dry heat. With scorpions.

eDave 05-17-2019 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by lewdog (Post 14273276)
You realize that's a few months of the year right? And we have no snow? And very little humidity?

Well, this was earlier this year:

https://i.imgur.com/94Uv1dd.jpg

RollChiefsRoll 05-17-2019 02:34 PM

Fargo, North Dakota? What the ****?

eDave 05-17-2019 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Iconic (Post 14273184)
Question for anyone who's been there: what the **** is so special about California?

Everything but the cost.

Driving perhaps but I like driving in LA, though I've never been a commuter there.

MahiMike 05-17-2019 02:35 PM

Can't trust a list that has a city w/most fecal matter/square mile in SF.

eDave 05-17-2019 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by RollChiefsRoll (Post 14273339)
Fargo, North Dakota? What the ****?

Meth.

Rain Man 05-17-2019 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by RollChiefsRoll (Post 14273339)
Fargo, North Dakota? What the ****?

Perceived superiority over South Dakota.

lewdog 05-17-2019 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by eDave (Post 14273335)
Well, this was earlier this year:

https://i.imgur.com/94Uv1dd.jpg

Never had that at my house.

**** you!

CrazyPhuD 05-17-2019 03:28 PM

Are Oxycodone prescriptions per capita included in the 'happyness' index?

gblowfish 05-17-2019 03:39 PM

I'm happy every frickin' day when I can drive home to Missouri OUTTA OP!

Bearcat 05-17-2019 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by lewdog (Post 14273276)
You realize that's a few months of the year right? And we have no snow? And very little humidity?

Arizona is miserable.

People in KC should stay and enjoy the humidity and 100 degree heat indexes when it's 87 in the summer, and the zero degree wind chills when it's 20 degrees in the winter.... and not seeing the sun peek out of the clouds for days at a time is healthy for you or something. Those 3 weeks of nice weather in October are amazing.

Arizona sucks. Stay out.

Thanks.

Kiimo 05-17-2019 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Iconic (Post 14273184)
Question for anyone who's been there: what the **** is so special about California?

Nothing. It's horrible. Don't move here. Stay there.

eDave 05-17-2019 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Bearcat (Post 14273547)
Arizona is miserable.

People in KC should stay and enjoy the humidity and 100 degree heat indexes when it's 87 in the summer, and the zero degree wind chills when it's 20 degrees in the winter.... and not seeing the sun peek out of the clouds for days at a time is healthy for you or something. Those 3 weeks of nice weather in October are amazing.

Arizona sucks. Stay out.

Thanks.

I do get awfully tired of all the sunshine and blue sky. And the chicks. They are all gross.

Kiimo 05-17-2019 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by eDave (Post 14273551)
I do get awfully tired of all the sunshine and blue sky. And the chicks. They are all gross.

I've never seen a smoke show like Tempe and I've lived in Southern California for 15 years

eDave 05-17-2019 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Kiimosabi (Post 14273577)
I've never seen a smoke show like Tempe and I've lived in Southern California for 15 years

You are not helping.

SuperBowl4 05-17-2019 05:15 PM

:arrow: When the CHIEFS win the SUPER BOWL next February that list will have the 50 surrounding cities of ARROWHEAD Stadium on it! :arrow:

sd4chiefs 05-17-2019 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Iconic (Post 14273184)
Question for anyone who's been there: what the **** is so special about California?

It's special because you don't live here.

Kiimo 05-17-2019 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by SuperBowl4 (Post 14273591)
:arrow: When the CHIEFS win the SUPER BOWL next February that list will have the 50 surrounding cities of ARROWHEAD Stadium on it! :arrow:

Yeah!


We can high-five in our shorts on the Hermosa Pier and then put back some pacificos and watch the sun set.

kysirsoze 05-17-2019 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Iconic (Post 14273184)
Question for anyone who's been there: what the **** is so special about California?

Lots of culture, great food, driving distance from skiing, beach, desert, mountains, forest, etc. SoCal has great weather year round and NorCal is ****ing gorgeous. Earthquakes and fires are an issue and rent/cost of living is kinda bonkers but otherwise it's pretty great.

kysirsoze 05-17-2019 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Kiimosabi (Post 14273614)
Yeah!


We can high-five in our shorts on the Hermosa Pier and then put back some pacificos and watch the sun set.

NTTAWWT

poolboy 05-17-2019 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by 007 (Post 14272365)
Bullshit. Its Kansas. Nobody is happy in this state.

keep thinking that b

SuperBowl4 05-17-2019 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Kiimosabi (Post 14273614)
Yeah!


We can high-five in our shorts on the Hermosa Pier and then put back some pacificos and watch the sun set.

or at Jalapeno Pete's!

Kiimo 05-17-2019 06:14 PM

Pete's is a couple blocks from my place on Colfax. They have two for one drinks. It's a recipe for forgetting things. And maybe accidentally ending up face down in the LA river.

SuperBowl4 05-17-2019 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Kiimosabi (Post 14273680)
Pete's is a couple blocks from my place on Colfax. They have two for one drinks. It's a recipe for forgetting things. And maybe accidentally ending up face down in the LA river.

It also is a designated CHIEFS bar on game days!:clap:

Kiimo 05-17-2019 06:27 PM

Yes I am well aware I'm the one who told Jonathan to move it there!

Then the Draft got new management and cleaned the place up and became Thirsty Merchant and now I kinda want to go back haha

kysirsoze 05-17-2019 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Kiimosabi (Post 14273707)
Yes I am well aware I'm the one who told Jonathan to move it there!

Then the Draft got new management and cleaned the place up and became Thirsty Merchant and now I kinda want to go back haha

Nice thing about Pete's is it is Chiefs wall to wall. Chiefs fans would have to push a lot of people out to get back into Thirsty Merchant. It's a good place to watch a game, though.

cooper barrett 05-17-2019 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by lewdog (Post 14273276)
You realize that's a few months of the year right? And we have no snow? And very little humidity?

you go in to stores and they give you free cold water!!!!!!

cooper barrett 05-17-2019 07:12 PM

I had heard that the locals were on Shits, grins and giggles pills.

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Originally Posted by TribalElder (Post 14273294)
That list is bullshit

No way Madison Wisconsin is the 3rd happiest place

It's in Wisconsin


cooper barrett 05-17-2019 07:16 PM

I have a house 100 NE of Phoenix and please stay the **** away.
Welcome when I want to sell.:D:D

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bearcat (Post 14273547)
Arizona is miserable.

People in KC should stay and enjoy the humidity and 100 degree heat indexes when it's 87 in the summer, and the zero degree wind chills when it's 20 degrees in the winter.... and not seeing the sun peek out of the clouds for days at a time is healthy for you or something. Those 3 weeks of nice weather in October are amazing.

Arizona sucks. Stay out.

Thanks.


cooper barrett 05-17-2019 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by kysirsoze (Post 14273626)
Lots of culture, great food, driving distance from skiing, beach, desert, mountains, forest, etc. SoCal has great weather year round and NorCal is ****ing gorgeous. Earthquakes and fires are an issue and rent/cost of living is kinda bonkers but otherwise it's pretty great.

I used to live here

https://religionnews.com/wp-content/...18-990x557.jpg

carlos3652 05-17-2019 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by TribalElder (Post 14273205)

I live less than a mile away. :)

fan4ever 05-17-2019 07:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lewdog (Post 14273276)
You realize that's a few months of the year right? And we have no snow? And very little humidity?

Maricopa County; largest growth of any county in the nation, last year second. Yeah, people are hatin' it here.

Why Not? 05-17-2019 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by fan4ever (Post 14273155)
Maybe those cities happiness ratings spike once you move?

Eat my FG’s pussy!

Pablo 05-17-2019 10:08 PM

With all the Zona folks chiming in all BRC style I'm tempted to call it the Florida of the southwest.

Halfcan 05-17-2019 10:24 PM

People are Happiest in Plano, Texas? The must love traffic.

Why Not? 05-17-2019 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Halfcan (Post 14274051)
People are Happiest in Plano, Texas? The must love traffic.


Not to get all Jud Crandall on here but something in the ground there is sour. Town has a really ****ed up suicide history, especially amongst younger people.

007 05-17-2019 10:51 PM

I always hear how wonderful Arizona is but I don't think I could handle 115 degree dry heat every day of the summer. Yes, I know what a dry heat feels like.

Why Not? 05-17-2019 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by 007 (Post 14274073)
I always hear how wonderful Arizona is but I don't think I could handle 115 degree dry heat every day of the summer. Yes, I know what a dry heat feels like.

It’s really only July and August that sucks. June is hot, but tolerable. September is hot but who cares? It’s football season! As for May....the high Monday is gonna be 74.

Iconic 05-17-2019 11:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kysirsoze (Post 14273626)
Lots of culture, great food, driving distance from skiing, beach, desert, mountains, forest, etc. SoCal has great weather year round and NorCal is ****ing gorgeous. Earthquakes and fires are an issue and rent/cost of living is kinda bonkers but otherwise it's pretty great.

Is the weather dog shit in the summer? Like does it get scorching hot? I've always preferred a place that actually feels like it's experiencing 4 seasons. I feel like if I lived in a place that was primarily warm year round it would get me missing winter eventually.

eDave 05-18-2019 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Why Not? (Post 14274076)
It’s really only July and August that sucks. June is hot, but tolerable. September is hot but who cares? It’s football season! As for May....the high Monday is gonna be 74.

July/August = Monsoon Season tho. Favorite part of the year. Though Ahwatukee always gets dicked on that. I’ve been known to drive to a Monsoon.

That shits awesome. I BBQ’d through one once. I simply cranked up the flame. To, like, 11.

Why Not? 05-18-2019 06:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eDave (Post 14274129)
July/August = Monsoon Season tho. Favorite part of the year. Though Ahwatukee always gets dicked on that. I’ve been known to drive to a Monsoon.

That shits awesome. I BBQ’d through one once. I simply cranked up the flame. To, like, 11.

Nothing beats a good monsoon. Hey the Dbacks are giving away monsoon snow globes on August 3rd. We should do a meetup.

kysirsoze 05-18-2019 08:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iconic (Post 14274086)
Is the weather dog shit in the summer? Like does it get scorching hot? I've always preferred a place that actually feels like it's experiencing 4 seasons. I feel like if I lived in a place that was primarily warm year round it would get me missing winter eventually.

We get heat waves in LA for sure. Triple digits for a week or so at a time. Low humidity, though. Not terrible. Winters usually bottom out in the high 30s low 40s. That's our rainy season. Seasons for sure but not nearly the extreme you get elsewhere.

Also a pretty quick drive from snow in the winter if you get a hankerin.

Bearcat 05-18-2019 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by 007 (Post 14274073)
I always hear how wonderful Arizona is but I don't think I could handle 115 degree dry heat every day of the summer. Yes, I know what a dry heat feels like.

Nope, you're right, it's awful. No one else should ever move here.

Imon Yourside 05-18-2019 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Bearcat (Post 14274323)
Nope, you're right, it's awful. No one else should ever move here.

Horsecrap, Dry heat is so much better than drowning Humid heat. How's the crime rate in your area of Zona though?

Pasta Little Brioni 05-18-2019 09:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pablo (Post 14274038)
With all the Zona folks chiming in all BRC style I'm tempted to call it the Florida of the southwest.

It's like a circle jerk of BRCs.

Bugeater 05-19-2019 12:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bearcat (Post 14273547)
Arizona is miserable.

People in KC should stay and enjoy the humidity and 100 degree heat indexes when it's 87 in the summer, and the zero degree wind chills when it's 20 degrees in the winter.... and not seeing the sun peek out of the clouds for days at a time is healthy for you or something. Those 3 weeks of nice weather in October are amazing.

Arizona sucks. Stay out.

Thanks.

Shit, we don't even get that anymore. More like a couple nice days early October and a couple more late, with 3 ****ing weeks of rain in between.

cooper barrett 05-19-2019 03:30 AM

Phoenix (Photos)
Tucson (Photos)
Flagstaff (Photos)
Avondale (Photos)
Mesa (Photos)
Glendale (Photos)
Apache Junction (Photos)
Yuma (Photos)
Buckeye (Photos)
Holbrook (Photos)
The city with highest murder rate in Arizona? That would be Holbrook with 19.7 murders per 100,000 people.

While the city with highest number of murders period? Phoenix with 157.

Mav 05-19-2019 05:40 AM

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Originally Posted by TinyEvel (Post 14273220)
I've lived in 2 of the top 10 (still in SF w00t! I'm pretty damn happy. except when the rent is due.)



Really? I visited there last year and didn’t care for the city at all. Did enjoy Alcatraz and going up into Sonoma and of course Oracle Park is gorgeous. But the inner city itself is so crowded and the streets filled with the homeless. Maybe I’m just used to the Midwest but I couldn’t see how anyone would be happy in SF.


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Mav 05-19-2019 05:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TribalElder (Post 14273294)
That list is bullshit

No way Madison Wisconsin is the 3rd happiest place

It's in Wisconsin



Clearly you’ve never been here. We are always drunk so of course we are happy.


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C3HIEF3S 05-19-2019 06:12 AM

Good for OP. Have nothing but good things to say about my short time working there last summer before moving to KY (for work and work only). I would definitely welcome moving back a few years down the line to settle down for good.

PunkinDrublic 05-19-2019 07:15 AM

Glad to here it. Other than the JoCo douche bros I went to HS with, Overland Park was a great place to grow up. Whenever I’m back in KC for a Chiefs game, I spend a day driving around the neighborhoods I used to live in.


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