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Location: South Carolina - staying with brother in Columbia
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apparently they consider obesity as one of the factors in determining happiness.
most fat people I know are pretty happy and linking weight to happiness is silly. based on the other critieria, it seems they are really trying to measure health, not happiness.
I went to the Gallup site, and all I could find was a poll of "well-being", which I'm not sure is exactly equivalent to "happiness". Or perhaps there is another happy/unhappy poll I missed?
Not that it matters to me. I am extremely unhappy living in South Carolina (see my user name), and I don't feel like living here has contributed to my well-being either. But I do have some relatives who are happy here, as hard as it is for me to relate (pun intended) to the idea of liking this area.
Location: South Carolina - staying with brother in Columbia
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Originally Posted by fishoutofwaterinSC
I went to the Gallup site, and all I could find was a poll of "well-being", which I'm not sure is exactly equivalent to "happiness". Or perhaps there is another happy/unhappy poll I missed?
Not that it matters to me. I am extremely unhappy living in South Carolina (see my user name), and I don't feel like living here has contributed to my well-being either. But I do have some relatives who are happy here, as hard as it is for me to relate (pun intended) to the idea of liking this area.
what's not to like about SC? You have fairly warm weather year round, low cost of living compared to other places, close to both beaches and mountains, a lot of new growth that you don't see up north, traffic isn't too bad, etc.
what's not to like about SC? You have fairly warm weather year round, low cost of living compared to other places, close to both beaches and mountains, a lot of new growth that you don't see up north, traffic isn't too bad, etc.
Hmm, I know I should just leave it at "personal preferences" ... having an internal debate as I type this as to whether I will, or not, lol.
Just to answer your own list of pros,
- I prefer cold weather, so that's not a pro for me.
- Cost of living... true, that is a plus -- but I've always viewed it as "you get what you pay for", and the houses would be a lot more expensive if more people wanted to live here.
- It would be nice to be near a beach, but we're several hours away from the one DH likes. Others may be slightly closer, but still a couple hours away. If I'm going to drive several hours to a beach, I may as well live a full day's drive away for all the difference it makes.
- We're also 2 hours from the nearest mountain, and having a mountain to hike on is one of my personal high priorities. I like hiking regularly, not monthly or less.
- I'm not seeing much growth here, but then, I grew up in booming Florida, so that's all relative.
- Yes, I would rule out living any place that required me to drive in extremely bad/dangerous traffic on a regular basis, but there is a big, big country out here, and not all of it has traffic any worse than South Carolina. Some of the places with bad traffic have decent rail systems, too.
I could make my own very long list of dislikes and things I like better elsewhere, but yes, there's a lot of personal preference involved, and South Carolina just is not "my place".
Location: South Carolina - staying with brother in Columbia
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Originally Posted by fishoutofwaterinSC
Hmm, I know I should just leave it at "personal preferences" ... having an internal debate as I type this as to whether I will, or not, lol.
Just to answer your own list of pros,
- I prefer cold weather, so that's not a pro for me.
- Cost of living... true, that is a plus -- but I've always viewed it as "you get what you pay for", and the houses would be a lot more expensive if more people wanted to live here.
- It would be nice to be near a beach, but we're several hours away from the one DH likes. Others may be slightly closer, but still a couple hours away. If I'm going to drive several hours to a beach, I may as well live a full day's drive away for all the difference it makes.
- We're also 2 hours from the nearest mountain, and having a mountain to hike on is one of my personal high priorities. I like hiking regularly, not monthly or less.
- I'm not seeing much growth here, but then, I grew up in booming Florida, so that's all relative.
- Yes, I would rule out living any place that required me to drive in extremely bad/dangerous traffic on a regular basis, but there is a big, big country out here, and not all of it has traffic any worse than South Carolina. Some of the places with bad traffic have decent rail systems, too.
I could make my own very long list of dislikes and things I like better elsewhere, but yes, there's a lot of personal preference involved, and South Carolina just is not "my place".
ok fair enough, although I would say that nice housing in SC isn't exactly cheap. Just not jacked up insane like housing in states like Maryland. A small poorly constructed townhome in MD goes for 300K or so.
I would say even SC gets too cold for me in the winters, especially as I get older. heat doesn't bother me but I cropped tobacco on a farm when I was a young buck.
I'm a native and there are things I love and things I don't love about SC. Lucky that we live in a geographically, politically, socially, etc... diverse country so that we can move around until we find our happy space. A recipe for happiness that I've concocted is as follows:
3 parts deciding to be happy in the space you are
2 parts contributing to your community using your gifts and talents to make it a better place
2 parts finding like-minded people to share time with
1 part constructive (HELPFUL) commentary to help stimulate positive growth
Add generous amounts of kindness, patience, curiosity, mix all together and add some Carolina sweet honey from the hive and bake in the beautiful Carolina sun. repeat over and over and over again
My faith contributes greatly to my happiness but everyone doesn't share my belief system, which is fine. Make the most each day, folks, wherever you happen to be. We aren't promised tomorrow and it is an awful shame to waste a minute of precious life.
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