BOSTON (WHDH) - Boston is not ranked among the top 50 happiest cities in the United States, according to a new report from personal finance website WalletHub.
Plano, Texas, was ranked the happiest city in the country, followed by Irvine, California. Boston earned a distant ranking of 58th.
Really? 58th? That’s where Boston ranks on the list of “Happiest Cities in the U.S.” according to a new study by WalletHub — behind Plano, TX, Raleigh, NC, and Seattle, WA, among others. Thoughts? #7News
— Kaitlin McCulley (@KaitlinMcCulley) March 12, 2019
WalletHub says it drew upon the various findings of positive-psychology research in order to determine which among more than 180 of the largest U.S. cities is home to the happiest people.
Researchers examined each city based on 31 key indicators of happiness, ranging from depression rate to income-growth rate to average leisure time spent per day.
Boston ranked 34th in the category of “Emotional & Physical Well-Being,” 12th in “Income & Employment,” and 152nd in “Community and Environment.”
Burlington, Vermont, was the only New England city to rank among the top 50, checking in at 43rd.
Detroit landed at the bottom of the list.
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