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From: -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com>
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Subject: Re: OT: Vancouver BC - who can afford to move THERE?
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2025 10:29:44 -0500
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On 1/24/25 8:42 AM, Tom Elam wrote:
> On 1/16/2025 11:06 PM, -hh wrote:
>> On 1/16/25 10:02 AM, Tom Elam wrote:
>>> On 1/8/2025 3:37 PM, -hh wrote:
>>>> On 1/8/25 2:59 AM, Chud McCobson wrote:
>>>>> On Dec 21, 2024, Tom Elam wrote
>>>>> (in article <vk79nm$6qc3$1@dont-email.me>):
>>>>>
>>>>>> A few years back Alan Baker claimed
>>>>>
>>>>> How long have you guys been going back and forth calling each other 
>>>>> liars.
>>>>> Years? Decades? This beef is massive. Do you know what’s also 
>>>>> massive? The
>>>>> low-taper fade meme. Get a life. Watch Pretty Cure.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The usual pattern is that Tommy trolls with some "dig" at someone. 
>>>> Naturally, the options are to simply ignore, or to fire back.
>>>>
>>>> This "housing" based troll from Tommy is an old retread.  He's a 
>>>> longtime resident in an inexpensive suburbia area, so its not hard 
>>>> to have a decently sized place due to its low $/sqft, so it becomes 
>>>> his basis to claim he's living in a Disneyland paradise and no one 
>>>> else can come close.
>>>>
>>>> Of course there's many other metrics besides cost per square foot of 
>>>> housing, case in point:
>>>>
>>>> "A new study by WalletHub has found that New Jersey is the 3rd 
>>>> happiest state in the country.
>>>>
>>>> The study compared the 50 states using factors such as mental 
>>>> health, divorce rates, and finances.
>>>>
>>>> Hawaii ranked first in the study, followed by Maryland. Utah came in 
>>>> fourth, while Delaware rounded out the top 5. Louisiana ranked last."
>>>>
>>>> <https://newjersey.news12.com/new-jersey-ranked-3rd-happiest-state- 
>>>> in- the-country>
>>>>
>>>> Of course, to find where Indiana ranked, go find the original:
>>>>
>>>> <https://wallethub.com/edu/happiest-states/6959>
>>>>
>>>> And we see that Indiana is way down in 36th place, with a score of 
>>>> 45.92.  That's a ~15 point deficit vs a Top 5 for happiness, which 
>>>> also serves to help explain Tommy's trolls' underlying jealousy of 
>>>> others.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -hh
>>>
>>> So, if NJ is so great and Indiana so unhappy people should be 
>>> flocking to NJ and leaving Indiana, right? Population growth should 
>>> be in general highest where people are the happiest, right?
>>
>> Happiness could be a motivation for migration, but it can't be the 
>> sole factor for making a move.  Other factors include things like 
>> economics (job availability), finances (get a job), social network 
>> (desire to be suitably proximate to family), climate and/or 
>> geographical preferences, personal interests, pastimes, etc: its a 
>> long list.
> 
> Your entire list is a set of factors that contribute to happiness. LOL

Precisely:  factors like better jobs, proximity to family and other 
benefits is why the average residents are more happy, despite the usual 
litany of reasons why they supposedly should miserable & leave, such as 
for lower costs of living,  warmer winter weather, etc.

-hh