It's grim up north

[Bagpuss]

When you see which place is at number one, you may ask yourself whether 25,000 people can be wrong. Then again, you may be in complete agreement with the results from the latest survey by Rightmove, which reveal Britain's 'happiest' towns. The questionnaire covered issues such as safety, friendliness of neighbours and quality of local amenities


Which cheery place is at the top spot? - Britain's happiest places - City breaks - MSN Travel UK

6/7 of the top ten are in the North if England (I suppose Derby is midlands)

I thought the South East was a Utopia, must be a mistake?

[DimPrawn]

Utter tosh.

You've obviously never seen sasguru's happy gurning face whilst dodging gangstas and muggers in Wandsworth.

[AtW]

You've obviously never seen sasguru's happy gurning face whilst dodging gangstas and muggers in Wandsworth.

I hear the crime rate has gone down as soon as he moved in ...

[BrilloPad]

Maybe those up North are better liers?

[Cliphead]

It's all relative.

I live very close to Glasgow but the village I live in is very quiet with almost zero crime, no social housing, no ethnic minorities, has several footballers, minor celebs and politicians including a baroness living there as well as the usual assortment of succesfull business people. Stunning views of the surrounding countryside and good transport links for those that need to commute.

Two miles from here it's the opposite end of the scale and I doubt anybody there would be voting for their location to be a happy place to be.

[realityhack]

It's grim oop north

FTFY

[DodgyAgent]

The beauty of London is that it is not a Utopia. Utopia is dead it is boring. One can retire and do nothing in Utopia it is not for me.

[DimPrawn]

The beauty of London is that it draws all the self obsessed s into one crowded place, out of the way of normal folk. For that reason, I too love London.

[AtW]

The beauty of London is that it is not a Utopia. Utopia is dead it is boring. One can retire and do nothing in Utopia it is not for me.

In Utopia requirements of employers would be perfectly matched with availability of employees.

No agents will be required...

[shaunbhoy]

The beauty of London is that it draws all the self obsessed s into one crowded place, out of the way of normal folk.

Like some sort of flypaper for the socially inadequate.