* Finland’s high levels of social trust could be one reason the country has been ranked as the world’s happiest for six years in a row.
* But ask residents if they agree, and you get surprising answers: “Every year there is a debate like ‘How is this possible?'”
* Finns don’t view themselves as exceptionally happy people. In fact, the country can be quite pessimistic, says junior reporter at Insider Beatrice Nolan.
that’s because it doesn’t measure happiness, it measures availability and cost of e.g healthcare, education, jobs etc
Yes, now they found out how bad the rest of the world have it.
I guess.
Are they really happy, though? I don’t believe that this article is writing about every single Finnish man or woman.
Well based on statistics a large percentage of those who answer are intoxicated, so it makes sense I suppose.
It’s more a question of what people tolerate without complaining. Skewing these lists.
Personally, I would never live in Finland. The climate and darkness alone would be showstoppers.
Exactly, this is like the quality of life ranking.
Cause the title “happiest” is not about the actual happines here, more about the conditions, that are being measured.
How can you mesure emotional feelings of billions of people!
Western freedom, relaxed culture, high median income, stable society, beautiful nature, four seasons. I understand why we have that title year after year. Of course there is the darker side of the society too, but that’s the case in all countries.
Stop complaining! YOU ARE THE HAPPIEST!
/s
With these news, north Counties may become target for people looking for happiness 😊… If I remember they have population decrease problem.
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TL;DR — from the article:
* Finland’s high levels of social trust could be one reason the country has been ranked as the world’s happiest for six years in a row.
* But ask residents if they agree, and you get surprising answers: “Every year there is a debate like ‘How is this possible?'”
* Finns don’t view themselves as exceptionally happy people. In fact, the country can be quite pessimistic, says junior reporter at Insider Beatrice Nolan.
that’s because it doesn’t measure happiness, it measures availability and cost of e.g healthcare, education, jobs etc
Yes, now they found out how bad the rest of the world have it.
I guess.
Are they really happy, though? I don’t believe that this article is writing about every single Finnish man or woman.
Me walking straight to Finland 🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃
I wonder what metric is used to measure happiness. [Suicide rate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_rate) in Finland is a fair bit higher than European average, for example.
Well based on statistics a large percentage of those who answer are intoxicated, so it makes sense I suppose.
It’s more a question of what people tolerate without complaining. Skewing these lists.
Personally, I would never live in Finland. The climate and darkness alone would be showstoppers.
Exactly, this is like the quality of life ranking.
Cause the title “happiest” is not about the actual happines here, more about the conditions, that are being measured.
How can you mesure emotional feelings of billions of people!
Western freedom, relaxed culture, high median income, stable society, beautiful nature, four seasons. I understand why we have that title year after year. Of course there is the darker side of the society too, but that’s the case in all countries.
Stop complaining! YOU ARE THE HAPPIEST!
/s
With these news, north Counties may become target for people looking for happiness 😊… If I remember they have population decrease problem.
it also has the some of the highest suicide rates in Europe https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_in_Finland
I think calling it “happiest” is misleading to them. Most content. Least to complain about is what’s being measured.
It’s because after they get ranked 1st, they become even more happy and so on…