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    Britain's happiest places mapped



    Edinburgh is famous for its comedy festival and impressive castle
    The most sparsely populated county in Wales is where you will find Britain's happiest place, say researchers.

    Powys tops the list of 273 districts, with Edinburgh apparently the most miserable place in Britain.

    Eight of the top 10 districts with the highest levels of wellbeing are in Scotland or the north of England.

    But the team from the Universities of Sheffield and Manchester stress that happiness is more a product of personal circumstances than physical location.

    Using data from the British Household Panel Survey, where people were asked about their sense of wellbeing, the researchers were able to draw up a map of happiness down to district level across England, Scotland and Wales.

    After adding in factors such as employment, health and educational qualifications, the team found that the area of Brecknock, Montgomery and Radnor in Powys was the happiest place.

    Manchester came second, followed by West Lothian. Macclesfield, Nottingham and Falkirk were all in the top 10.

    The London borough of Sutton was one of the few places in the south of England to do well.

    Edinburgh, despite its cosmopolitan reputation and internationally acclaimed fringe festival, was bottom of the list.

    MOST CHEERFUL PLACES
    1. Powys
    2. Manchester
    3. West Lothian
    4. Cumbernauld and Kilsyth and Monklands
    5. Macclesfield
    Source: British Household Panel Survey

    The former coal mining district of Rhondda Cynon Taff in south Wales was second from bottom, while Swansea and Doncaster also did poorly.

    Small differences

    However, the researchers stress that the variations between different places in Britain are not statistically significant.

    Factors such as social cohesion seem to be more important than location. Researcher Dr Dimitris Ballas, a senior lecturer in Geography from the University of Sheffield, said: "One of the advantages of our method is that it takes into account both people and places.

    "For instance, with unemployment we can say that people who are unemployed are on average happier in an area of high unemployment compared to being unemployed in an area where everyone else around you has a job.

    "This highlights the issue of social justice and cohesion."

    Another important factor in determining happiness was the length of time that a person spent living in a place.


    Staying in an area for five years or longer was an important indicator of well being, said the scientists.

    According to Dr Ballas, the state of interpersonal relationships was also seen as highly important.

    And this was more often the case in areas which were there was less inequality between people.

    "From what I've seen so far my view is that if an area is more socially cohesive it increases your chances of having good quality of interpersonal relationships and a good social network.

    "If you live in an area which is very unequal and polarised then you are less likely to have good social networks and friends.



    Where is the sarf east? innit!
    The court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.

    But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”

    #2
    South East? A filthy bog.

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      #3
      Originally posted by Bagpuss View Post
      Britain's happiest places mapped

      MOST CHEERFUL PLACES
      1. Powys
      2. Manchester
      3. West Lothian
      4. Cumbernauld and Kilsyth and Monklands
      5. Macclesfield
      The final votes have been counted for the Carbuncle Awards 2008 and Coatbridge Town Centre has been awarded the less-than-coveted title of 'Plook on the Plinth' for Scotland's Most Dismal Place. It was a close-run race between Coabridge, Glasgow's Springfield Quay and two-time Carbuncle winner Cumbernauld.

      Linky
      Me, me, me...

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        #4
        Originally posted by Cliphead View Post
        Cumbernauld.

        Linky
        The more I read it the more unbelievable it seems.

        Most of my wife's business came from cumberchookie while she was a trainee clinical psychologist - depression mostly.

        There's lies
        There's dam lies
        Then there's statistics
        "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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          #5
          What a load of old pish!

          I'm from Linlithgow in West Lothian (3rd on the list) but can't imagine all the people in Bathgate and Livingston are that happy!

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            #6
            Bagpuss = The most sparsely populated county in Wales is where you will find Britain's happiest place, say researchers.
            Sheep
            Confusion is a natural state of being

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              #7
              Originally posted by HermanDune View Post
              I'm from Linlithgow in West Lothian (3rd on the list) but can't imagine all the people in Bathgate and Livingston are that happy!
              And Whitburn? Really?

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                #8
                The Macc Lads would be proud, beer and sex and chips and gravy, it keeps us happy
                The court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.

                But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”

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                  #9
                  MOST CHEERFUL PLACES
                  1. Powys
                  2. Manchester
                  3. West Lothian
                  4. Cumbernauld and Kilsyth and Monklands
                  5. Macclesfield
                  Happiness is obviously sheep-related.
                  Guy Fawkes - "The last man to enter Parliament with honourable intentions."

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Alf W View Post
                    Happiness is obviously sheep-related.
                    ha'ppiness.

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