What is going on everyone? Welcome back to the world according to Briggs
let's do another happy video after i put up the happiest cities in the united
states video a couple weeks back i started getting requests for a happiest
states video after about the 20th twitter dm we went
to work like the first video we had to determine what factors make up a happy
resident of a state a few different research companies all
agree that a survey asking people on a scale of one to ten
how they feel about their careers their social life finances community
and physical health determine their well-being well-being
equals happiness to most of the population we took the states that
seemed to always be in the top 10 of all the other lists
did a little research and made our own the only state they all agreed on in all
of the list was actually the number one this date
was the number one on all of these lists including this one
everyone wants to be happy as human beings we strive for happiness
we even added it to our constitution the pursuit of happiness
so let's see what state makes that pursuit the easiest
number 10 connecticut connecticut has been around a while in 1636 thomas
hooker a minister who fled england to freely practice his beliefs
left boston with about 100 members of his congregation
and landed where hartford connecticut is today i've always wondered about that
last name back in the day people were named smith
because they were a smith by trade or a brewer
how does a family pick up hooker as a last name i'm not even get into anthony
weiner moving on the constitution state has
over 3.5 million residents and a majority appear to be happy
they're ranked high when it comes to health natural environment and education
the safety score is also really good other than hartford and a few other
cities they have really low crime throughout
the state it's a nice place to live in your life visit this state once
during the fall each autumn the constitution state
outshines almost any state with fall foliage it's yellow
gold red it's amazing number nine colorado
colorado is home to some of the country's tallest mountains and has the
highest average elevation of any u.s state
if you like the great outdoors this is your paradise
hiking mountain biking fishing rock climbing or just staring at nature
because you hate your job colorado is one of the best states to do
all of those colorado has one of the best economies
and the residents are happy with their careers obviously the natural
environment in this state helps with the overall happiness
and they have a really low divorce rate when it comes to the social life in
colorado people seem to be very happy with their friends and family
all the people i know from colorado are really nice and seem to be very close to
their families oddly enough most people i know from
florida avoid their family members at all costs i don't know if that's a theme
there in florida or what's going on with it
but the handful of people i know that were born and raised in florida
they just they're not into their family it's weird
number eight alaska the secretary of state in 1867 william
seward purchased alaska from russia for 7.2 million dollars
roughly 2 cents an acre a lot of people thought that this was a stupid move and
started calling it seward's folly they changed their tune
when gold was discovered the yukon and and people started pouring into the
place in the 1890s like it was a giant apple store on launch day
it became a state 70 years later in 1959 61 years later hardly anyone lives there
still not a lot of people live in alaska it's weird
beautiful place anyway they have more wilderness than they know what to do
with alaskans are more satisfied with their
quality of life than the outdoors and personal financial securities are two of
the main things people list as to why they're so happy in this state
the financial one kind of blows me away it's kind of weird because alaska
isn't the greatest economy in the united states you know they do alright but it's
not like they're blazing ahead of everyone else
now the downside is they have some weather that can be really really harsh
but then again some people enjoy it i'm kind of one of those people
number 7 massachusetts a 2019 study of the most educated u.s states ranked
massachusetts as number one congratulations you got big brains they
analyzed the school qualities and educational attainment along with a
whole bunch of other things and people felt very strongly about them and they
rank very high in almost any educational poll you see or study so
as you can imagine career opportunities educational and financial stability are
big in massachusetts and the people graded those high
on most the surveys the bay state is home to some of the most elite
universities in the country like harvard and mit but
even the smaller colleges and high schools get very high marks when it
comes to how residents feel about the schools and stop
typing of course you're going to have some bad schools
that's just how it goes a majority of the schools in this state are
outstanding so we don't want to hear how bad your
school was it is almost hard to be dumb and uneducated
in this state all that breaks down to is massachusetts residents are very happy
with how their lives are going in their state
number six idaho if the gem state wasn't as great and the people weren't as happy
idaho wouldn't have as many californians relocating there it did slow down a bit
in 2019 but it's still one of the most moved to
places for california refugees and i guess that's the only thing that
makes the average spud boy unhappy they hate it when they see a california
license plate and don't tell them you're from california get a whole dose of
attitude here's a piece of advice for idaho don't
have such a nice state and people won't move there it's that
simple look at mississippi that's a prime example according to a 2018 report
published by the outdoor industry association idaho has one of the highest
percentages of residents 79 who participate in outdoor recreation
annually only colorado and california have a
higher percentage with activities ranging from white water rafting to
trout fishing there's no shortage of crap to do in this state
they are kind of high in the divorce category but everything else is great
and the residents love this state and seem to be very happy
number five texas the lone star state comes in at number five
i found one survey where they asked people a bunch of questions and at the
end they asked everyone to write down one thing that makes texas great the
most common answer was because it's texas that right there is
some serious pride in your state other popular answers were sports
barbecue people and tacos living in texas means
unlimited access to amazing texas barbecue i've talked
about that one before i love barbecue and texas is one of the
best places to get it texans will wait in line for over an
hour for their favorite barbecue place most of the ones i've been to i'd
probably wait longer people have jobs in texas
and on average they get paid better than most the states in this part of the
country what makes texans happy are career
social and community all three of those things
were above average and that's what a lot of people mark
down the last one was surprising especially if you watch cable news
safety texas has some bad cities like all
states but if you buy into what the news outlets are
telling you you would think it's a war zone
being on the mexico border it's just not the people know this
they're happy and safe in their communities
number four california so just now people that spend too much time
listening to political podcasts and radio shows groaned
they're also pounding out a really thought-provoking comment as i speak
here's the thing california has a butt load of problems
like all states all states have homeless people
california has more all states have taxes california
also seems to have more but people still love this state
it has been reported that more people are moving out than ever before
that's true they are but they're still getting more people moving in
and the population is still growing the golden state has
many things that make people happy the weather starts things off
the online real estate database company zillow used the national oceanic and
atmospheric administration weather data to determine
which cities in the us are the most pleasant year round with 261 pleasant
days san diego topped that list that's in
california in case you don't know the next ones in line were los angeles
san jose and san francisco all of them are in california
the top four after the weather you have opportunity
more people feel that california offers more opportunity
than any other state career statistics also rank high with the natural
environment people are happy with the beauty that is california the oceans
to yosemite to every place else and people that have good careers really
enjoy the state you feel how you want about this state
but the people that live there are very happy number three
maine maine was in the top five in different places on every single survey
we looked at people in maine love this state from the
farm fresh produce to the craft breweries to the trees that go on
forever it is hard not to be happy in this state
about 90 of the pine tree state is forested and imagine that
their nickname is the pine tree state and they got a lot of forests
never saw that one coming if looking at trees makes you happy
you'll wake up with a smile on your face every single morning while living in
maine community is a big thing for the people
of this state they like where they live they feel safe and they have pride in
their community that's like a big thing for them their physical health had one
of the highest scores in all the surveys these people have a nice
laid-back lifestyle in most cases and that makes them very happy
i saw an old actor many years ago on the tonight show johnny carson i forget who
it was but he said he just bought land in maine or he was moving to maine or
something like that and he's from new jersey
he described maine as like living on the set of leave it to beaver and being from
new jersey that's like living on the set of the exorcist
i thought that was great number two utah when most people think of utah they
think of the mormon church and the great salt lake
forget about the salt lake the church is fine the great salt lake sucks and
that's okay utah has so many other natural things to
see you'll be busy zion coral reef arches
are three of the best national parks for people that want to be amazed
nature is one of the most important things that plays into the happiness of
the average utah resident there's never a shortage of new paths to
hike and nature to see you just have to pick one and bring some
sunscreen besides the nature and the surroundings
the two other things that were important to the happiness of the average utah
resident was safety and community those are ranked very high
for them and number one hawaii we finally get to
our last stop on this u.s map of happiness the aloha state did you
know aloha means hello and goodbye this one is a little strange to me all
the hawaiians i know aren't very happy with the state they've all moved to the
mainland maybe it's just the ones i know i'm not sure but i am sure all the
surveys we looked at had them at the number one spot hawaii
is amazing state for people that have money
that would be the main caveat money it costs a good amount of money to live in
paradise the surveys all said community physical
health and natural beauty are key to their happiness here
i hit up a hawaiian i used to work with at nike and told him that
it was considered the happiest state according to all these surveys he said
did they do the surveys at the sandals resort in hawaii or something because
all the people there were probably drunk and happy as can be
i said no they did it all over the thing and he said okay probably the natural
beauty in the family and they said families are really tight
all over the islands and even in honolulu when you take those into
consideration it sort of makes sense so i guess that gives hawaii the win for
the happiest state family natural beauty and everyone's healthy
could be worse all right so that is our list today i
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