sad sack, oregon?
Business Week has put Portland, OR at the top of it’s “unhappiest place to live” list. The list is,
based on their rates of suicide, depression, divorce, unemployment, job loss, population loss, crime, amount of green space, and cloudy days. We gave most emphasis to suicide and depression rates, crime, and economic factors.
They continue…
The city with the highest overall score in our index was Portland, the beautiful Oregon city that also has very high depression and suicide rates. St. Louis, New Orleans, and Detroit were high on the list largely because of their rates of crime, unemployment, and population loss. Other cities such as Las Vegas, Tucson, Sacramento, and Jacksonville, Fla., ranked high because of their suicide rates and difficult economic conditions.
Wow, we’re worse off than Detroit? Bummer.
This raises a couple of good questions to ask, “What makes us happy?” and “When things stink, what gives us hope?”
