Suck it America! Alaska leads Gallup poll for most satisfied with SoL.

[katmai]

My timmay post of month

Residents of Alaska are the more satisfied with and optimistic about their standard of living than Americans in any other state, while people in West Virginia are the least satisfied, according to a new poll.

The Gallup survey released Thursday put Alaska in first on a broad measure of satisfaction. Throughout 2013, the pollster asked almost 180,000 adults in all 50 states two questions: how satisfied they are with their standard of living and whether they feel that standard is getting better or worse. Out of a maximum score of 100—achieved only if 100 percent of respondents say they're happy with their standard and it's getting better—Alaska came in first at 53, followed closely by the oil-rich land of North Dakota and the sunny state of Hawaii. Residents of West Virginia scored a last-place 22, followed by glum Maine at 31 and gloomy Rhode Island at 32.

Generally states with high levels of economic confidence and job creation found themselves at the top of the list. Alaska, however, is an exception to that rule, what Gallup calls an "unlikely leader. The pollsters point out that Alaska is one of few states with neither a state income tax nor a sales tax, and that "Alaska has a unique landscape ripe for many of nature's most exciting outdoor activities, and this may provide a physical environment conducive to a high standard of living for Alaskans."

It's also a state politically known for a libertarian streak. "Residents in Alaska," Gallup said, "may define 'high standard of living' differently, partly factoring in the life-enriching opportunities that nature freely provides."

West Virginia has also found itself stuck in last place in Gallup's annual well-being index, based on surveys about emotional health, physical health, access to basic necessities and overall "life evaluation."

Read more: Alaska: Where People Are Happiest About the Standard of Living | TIME.com http://nation.time.com/2014/02/13/alaska-happiest-state/#ixzz2tFmTdXTF

[Admiral Yi]

You still have six guys for every girl?

[MadImmortalMan]

The girls vote their standard of living really highly.

[MadImmortalMan]

Or maybe places with no women are better places to live? 

[katmai]

You still have six guys for every girl?

State is 47.9% female
Anchorage is 49.2%

[alfred russel]

But most of the rest froze their balls off and are eunuchs.

[CountDeMoney]

You still have six guys for every girl?

State is 47.9% female
Anchorage is 49.2%

Wholly unacceptable, particularly when they all look more like Peg Phillips and less like Janine Turner from Northern Exposure.

[garbon]

We love to gripe in nice places.

[Neil]

Of course.  There's work in Alaska, and employment helps in these sorts of things.

[katmai]

Never considered WV a nice place.

[katmai]

Of course.  There's work in Alaska, and employment helps in these sorts of things.

hmmm could swear I've been trying to tell some languishites that.

[Admiral Yi]

:emoquit:

[Eddie Teach]

Was this poll taken during the annual 2 weeks of straight daylight period?

[CountDeMoney]

Yeah, because recreating the Homestead Act is exactly what people need these days.  Lemme strap down the Conestoga wagon, brb.

[Neil]

Yeah, because recreating the Homestead Act is exactly what people need these days.  Lemme strap down the Conestoga wagon, brb.

Moving to where there's work is an American tradition, far more than pillaging the economy for the sake of the rich.