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West Virginia vs North Dakota: Where Would You Rather Live?

Are you happy about where you live?

Some people are perfectly content never leaving their little piece of the world, while others are happy merely because they aren’t tied down anywhere,  For some, happiness is more than a state… it’s a state of mind.

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But what if happiness and well-being can be tied to a state in the US?  As WEB WATCH has told you previously, the state you live in can predict your happiness.

And now that a few years have passed since we last talked about it, it’s time to take a look at the 2013 STATE OF AMERICAN WELL-BEING:

The TOP TEN HAPPIEST STATES TO LIVE IN ARE:

  1. North Dakota
  2. South Dakota
  3. Nebraska
  4. Minnesota
  5. Montana
  6. Vermont
  7. Colorado
  8. Hawaii
  9. Washington
  10. Iowa

And the BOTTOM FIVE LEAST HAPPY STATES TO LIVE IN:

  1. West Virginia
  2. Kentucky
  3. Mississippi
  4. Alabama
  5. Ohio

Do you agree?  Are some states just naturally dominant in the happiness/well-being polls and other naturally fall to the bottom?  How do you feel about your own state’s ranking?