It’s summer and that means it’s moving season. I dare you to go out on a drive today and not see a U-Haul driving around a bunch of stuff people don’t want to let go. If you are getting ready to move, you might want to take a look at the 25 happiest cities according to National Geographic.
Normally I would bash one of these “science surveys” but they based their findings on over 250,000 interviews in over 190 cities from 2014-2015.
The survey consisted of questions about whether you like to exercise or if you feel safe in your community. They wanted to see what level of satisfaction and happiness residents in these cities are. Take a look, and let us know if you love your city on Twitter!
1. Boulder, Colorado
2. Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California
3. Charlottesville, Virginia
4. Fort Collins, Colorado
5. San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, California
6. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
7. Provo-Orem, Utah
8. Bridgeport-Stamford, Connecticut
9. Barnstable Town, Massachusetts
10. Anchorage, Alaska
11. Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, Florida
12. Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California
13. Salinas, California
14. North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida
15. Urban Honolulu, Hawaii
16. Ann Arbor, Michigan
17. San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, California
18. Colorado Springs, Colorado
19. Manchester-Nashua, New Hampshire
20. Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California
21. Washington, D.C.-Arlington-Alexandria, Virginia/Maryland/West Virginia
22. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, Minnesota/Wisconsin
23. San Diego-Carlsbad, California
24. Portland-South Portland, Maine
25. Austin-Round Rock, Texas