New Study Says New Yorkers Are Miserable!

New Yorkers are like Marines, they aint happy unless they are complaining.

...You don't need a study to realize the New Yorkers are in fact miserable...just ride a subway car, or a bus, or go into a bank and wait in line for more than 30seconds...

...or read this blog :)

"1010Wins did their own street survey and found plenty of smiling people!"

1010 should have interviewed Mr Clyde Bruckman; when asked about this survey he replied,

"I'm not smiling. I'm wincing."

(Mr Bruckman's outlook has probably improved since dying)

"This X-Files moment has been brought to you by 1010WINS..."

God that was a great episode with Peter Boyle.

wait, wait, wait. being a baseball team fan has anything to do with happiness? gratification, maybe, but happiness i don't know.

... i mean, it's really sad.

Hawaii.. Don Ho,hula girls and beautiful beaches.

Louisiana.. Great hospitality and food.

Colorodo.. Sun sets colors open space and clean air.

Florida.. I'm retired. LOL

Tennessee..Ain't no place where I'd rather be. (does it for me)

NEW YORK...It starts with quality of life. I walk out my door in Sheepshead Bay Brooklyn and I have to avoid a dozen plastic bags of dog poop on my way to the subway.There is graffiti all over buildings.The subway station is being renovated, the trains are filthy and I paid too much fare.

It makes it a lot easier to focus on the negative from that point on.

Not only that but let's face it, you look like shit too.

I never had anything against you before. But you just must be a piece of work with a mouth the way you spew shit.

If you wonder where your run of bad luck comes from, it came from me.

Yeesh, wotta grouch! I was just being nice.

If that's the best you can do. OK. LOL

God, if I was happy, I'd have to throw myself off a building.

Being born in Tennessee I feel qualified to state: I'm quite sure that being miserable in NYC is still infinitely better than being happy in Tennessee.

I completely agree. I grew up in Nashville, but I've been living here for about four years now. I can't think of anything that would make me want to go back to Tennessee. Even a visit to my family for less than a week is almost more than I can stand.

maybe people in those hicklands are happier because we're busy working our asses off to subsidize their states while they smoke meth and fuck without contraception.

google red state socialism.. ugh

i'm happy being miserable.

It's New York State, not New York City, so putting "New Yorkers" in the headline is disingenuous. There are lots of places outside of NYC in NY State that would make me miserable too.

In terms of New Yorkers, we may be miserable, but we would be more miserable somewhere else. Can you imagine having to live in Hoboken or on Long Island? Faced with those options, I'm sure most New Yorkers perk up.

my husband and I have this discussion every time we discuss housing. Friends from "back home" buy large homes for what a studio or 1br apt would cost on Staten Island. my husband's response is, "that's because no one wants to live there." It's not so much about IQ. It's education. People there (MS, specifically) are more concerned with comfort, slow life, enjoying family, low career aspirations (not that they don't have any, it's just different than in other areas we've live in). Sure you have some MDs and lawyers... but we're talking industry. biotech, computers... unless it's military related, it's not there and industry doesn't want to move there b/c for the most part, the people educated for those careers would rather live in CA and the NE. Ignorance is bliss... sure... friends who have visited me here and in Chicagoland area were amazed at the parks and all that the cities have to offer. (trust me, the parks here are incredible compared to the towns my hubby and I grew up in, the schools here are SO far ahead... so for better educated society, I don't mind paying the higher taxes) Do you get that in New Orleans? Hell no. I don't consider Bourbon St and the Quarter to equal in comparison to the cultural diversity you'll find in NYC.

So are people happy there? yeah. My parents were happy with next to nothin' and not traveling. Are people happy here? I think the majority of people I've met here are happy... have they met their goals in life by age 35? most no... but I think that's a driving force to keep a city going in the right direction. Striving for more (and I'm not talking iPhones, not objects... acheivements).

I admit it. I'm fucking miserable. HELP ME FOR CHRISSAKE I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE! HEEEEEELP!

It's interesting that the ranking of happiness by state is inversely proportional to the IQ averages by state.

Ignorance is bliss.

Thinking too much makes you blue. We think too much here.

So, these are the results of quantifying gross domestic happiness during a recession? Seriously, happiness in a recession!?

people from those hick states just say they're happy cuz being sad if fer homos.

It's not that NYers are actually miserable. We're not. We just love to complain! It's our birthright!

Agreed. I *love* to complain!!!!! (also I do believe happiness comes from within)

Oh, and that being said, I'm super happy!

i've always thought that alienation from nature is a big problem here. it drives people to materialism and conspicuous consumption which provides a false sense of happiness.

I agree. Another reason is the stratification of rich and poor. Studies have shown that the happiest workplaces are those where everyone makes the same pay, even if it's not a lot. And workers are less happy when they know that they're getting paid less than the person in the next office, even if they're getting paid a lot overall. Same thing here in NY.

Fucking Claude Levi-Strauss over here...

Good point! The more man is away from nature the more innately miserable he will feel.

Dexter Season 4 Finale made me sad.

Dexter lost control.

How can you be happy if you wake up every morning having to face the grim realization that you live in fucking Tennessee?

Because you just know the Rapture is always moments away, and zombie Jesus is gonna come swoop you away. This pick-up will be unmanned!! (but it will still have its Truck Nutz)

I dunno... guess I'm just so tickled 'cause I wake up knowin' that mis'rable yankee assholes like you aint livin' round here. yeeehaaaw!

memphis is pretty cool, though i don't know if i could live there.

All they need is a jug for drinkin' and a jug for blowin'.

HOOT, hoot, HOOT, hoot...

Hey val, I jus finished my jug 'a shine n I'd like ta hoot-hoot cha a luv tune. Thang is I'ma needin som'er ta put tis cork. Won'cha bend over n I'll see if I can't finda good spot fer it.

You'll be even happier when you find out "val" is male. Just remember to keep it a secret.

hilarious!

what a surprise, I would never think that when riding the subway (specially in winter), walking on the street...

Next study should be about hygiene compared to other cities.

I just love spiting men!

Could be worse. I saw a guy pissing on a platform around dinnertime last month. So classy.

Spitting and pissing in public is a birthright of all male New Yorkers. Are you trying to make us miserable?

trying to make spiters miserable? I bet they are already in very reputable relationships! what descent woman would be like to hang out with a spiter?!

"Reputable relationships"? Since when was anyone happy in one of those?

says Tiger!

Let me be honest here, I am pretty happy with Career (although with the economy these days this may not last that long either....).

Spiritualy? Fantastic.

But this City can get pretty lonely at times, people just don't communicate as much.

One of the most densely populated cities in the world and yet you can still feel lonely.

BTW it's not lonely in the matter of actual people, but I mean in terms of connecting.

I'm still sad about Quinn and Bloomberg' reelection. Also about the poor carriage horses. However, I have family and girlfriend who make me feel better.

Unfortunately, family and girlfriend belong to the human species, which you repeatedly state is miserable.

My condolences for having a miserable family and girlfriend.

It's like a Tri-State tri-fecta for the most miserable!

Full list here

Watching a big chunk of your paycheck get eaten up in taxes for politicians to flush down the toilet will do that to people.

Money does not equal happiness. It comes from the inside and has nothing to do with external factors.

Tax dollars being wasted isn't just about money. It's about seeing politicians not respect your effort and time and the resulting income. Poor leadership is certainly depressing.

As for your cliché, money doesn't buy happiness, but it's the down payment.

"money doesn't buy happiness, but it's the down payment."

Well said

While your statement is true having money makes a big change in your attitude in life. Knowing that you have enough money to cover your bills and keep your loved ones comfortable will have a huge impact in your outlook in life.

Having money lets you focus on the better things in life without having to worry about the next phone bill or credit card bill.

This of course applies to the average person and not the white collar folks whose problems arise from having too much money :)

Just my 2 cents. Merry Christmas everyone!!

They're not happy, they just don't know any better.