most happy cities and cities with the most disgruntled people (crime rates, neighborhoods)

[leaana]

i don't understand the thing about orlando. i should check it out for myself. with disney and all the theme parks, i would assume it would be a happy place, lots of different people and tourists spending a lot of money etc. a lot of people are not happy with that place. hmm..

[Coolhand68]

San Diego and most parts of Manhattan the people are relatively upbeat and happy. Same with San Antonio TX, Santa Barbara CA, when I was there.

Buffalo/Rochester/Utica/Rome NY gets my vote for the most disgruntled, salty, and unfriendly folks around. Folks from Boston and Providence aren't a very friendly bunch either. Jacksonville FL, and several cities in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois can be crusty too. Just speaking from my own experience.

[toughguy]

Miami has a preponderance of sun, but if you visit their boards, you would think that they are the most miserable people in the U.S.

[Richmonder27]

Happiest: Richmond, Savannah, Nashville

Unhappiest: DC, Baltimore, Atlanta, Charlotte.

[Wilshire81182]

Originally Posted by leaana

i don't understand the thing about orlando. i should check it out for myself. with disney and all the theme parks, i would assume it would be a happy place, lots of different people and tourists spending a lot of money etc. a lot of people are not happy with that place. hmm..

A lot of people complain about Orlando because their mentality is that there are no high paying jobs, the downtown is sleepy, it does not feel like a real city. Some dislike thinks that are distinctly Florida like the climate, the bugs and animals. It is a town with several very wide, overly trafficked highways and thoroughfares throughout town. It is not a great place for pedestrians for this reason. There is a lot of crime and people come from all over the country and in some instances world to live here and do not have a lot of appreciation for what at outsider would view as a great place to live due to endless entertainment and recreation opportunity. I enjoy Orlando a lot and know a lot of "hidden" treasures that only the locals really know about in some very cool urban areas. I think it is a very rewarding area to live in and I guess it is as they say "to each their own". I am in a safe established areas with more homes than strip malls and a much quieter main thoroughfare. People need to do their research and visit before they move here and they should be perfectly fine. Your experience in Orlando can differ a lot based on where you buy into or live in the metro. I think this applies to many US cities and metros, but is especially true of Orlando.

[Golden-mind-State]

happy: la/san diego..moving to long beach from living in SF and Sacramento is a big different and people here are definitely happy..its febuary and i took a 6 mile walk on the beach yesterday as the sun set in shorts and a tee shirt.

disgruntled: detroit/nyc..i always felt an unhappy/disgruntled vibe when i lived in nyc.

[Hoarfrost]

If I lived in a place where it's always sunny and the people are always pleasant, it would drive me insane. I would feel like the entire world around me were phony. I need a dose of cold, hard, rude, realism every once in a while. Happiness doesn't exist in a vacuum. If you're never down, you never appreciate being up.

[bchris02]

Originally Posted by ScranBarre

Same with Scranton, PA. Just check out DohertyDeceit.com. The writing is on the wall around them that the Electric City is on the verge of a major recovery, yet most residents continue to have a victimized and pessimistic outlook about their city's future.

Sounds a lot like Little Rock. People here are very pessimistic about this town and there is a HUGE inferiority complex here. Most of the transplants come here when their jobs bring them and then do nothing but complain about it. There is a very anti-growth attitude among many of the natives and an irrational fear of urban areas. There is a lot of potential here but as long as talent keeps being sucked away to the nearest big cities (Dallas and Memphis) that will never be realized.

[garmin239]

Haven't really seen a disgruntled city. Just visitors that attract a cold shoulder or hostility because they don't know how to act in certain places. Maybe some disgruntled neighborhoods though.

[inthecut]

Originally Posted by leaana

i don't understand the thing about orlando. i should check it out for myself. with disney and all the theme parks, i would assume it would be a happy place, lots of different people and tourists spending a lot of money etc. a lot of people are not happy with that place. hmm..

Try walking around in a mickey mouse costume for 8 hours, and tell me that you'd be whistling dixie!