General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours

[danbrotherston]

But the article's claim that urban people are happier is 1) contrary to every study I've seen so far, and 2) not at all supported by the study linked in the article. In fact, the word "happy" (or its derivatives) isn't mentioned a single time in the study.

It's unfortunate that you don't cite these studies you mention. I think I would enjoy reading them.

It's also not at all the case that the article is not supported by the study, as we have discussed "happy" is impossible to measure directly, generally we measure it either by self report, which is problematic (North Korea scores very high here), or by indirect measures like health, social interaction, and safety, which is exactly what this study did.  You can argue about the relative relevancy of the indirect measures but you cannot say that it isn't supported at all.