Fremont ranked #1!
WalletHub’s report on 2021’s Happiest Cities In America analyzed 182 cities and found that Fremont ranks #1 for happiness in the United States. Other California cities in the top 15 are San Jose (#5), Santa Rosa (#10), and San Francisco (#13).
This list is pretty fascinating, considering the effect the Covid-19 pandemic has had on so many people’s mental health. WalletHub investigated happiness in the United States’ largest and most populated cities based on 3 key dimensions: (1) Emotional & Physical Well-Being, (2) Income & Employment and (3) Community & Environment.
These dimensions were analyzed with 31 different metrics rated on a 100-point scale. The metrics included life expectancy, job satisfaction, commute time, ideal weather, average leisure time spent per day, and more.
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WalletHub’s Andrew McCann wrote, “Location plays a hand in how bright or gloomy our days are. For years, researchers have studied the science of happiness and found that its key ingredients include a positive mental state, healthy body, strong social connections, job satisfaction and financial well-being.”
He also noted that a uniform level of happiness is not found everywhere in the US, and the WalletHub aims to show that “moving to a certain city may help you be more content.”
Here are the rankings for the top 5 California cities:
Fremont (Total score: 73.66, #1 overall)
- #1 for Emotional & Physical Well-Being
- #46 for Income & Employment
- #5 for Community & Environment
San Jose (Total score: 69.47,#5 overall)
- #7 for Emotional & Physical Well-Being
- #32 for Income & Employment
- #33 for Community & Environment
Santa Rosa (Total score: 67.59, #10 overall)
- #2 for Emotional & Physical Well-Being
- #21 for Income & Employment
- #75 for Community & Environment
San Francisco (Total score: 67.11, #13 overall)
- #3 for Emotional & Physical Well-Being
- #15 for Income & Employment
- #131 for Community & Environment
Irvine, California also ranked #12 with a score of 67.27, just ahead of San Francisco.
Here is a list of the top 15. To see the full list of all 182 cities, visit WalletHub.com.
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Clearly, the Bay Area is the place to be! Do you agree with the results?
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