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The Geography of Happiness According to 10 Million Tweets

Sorry, Louisiana, you are the saddest state. And Hawaii (shocker!) you are the happiest. 

That’s according to a team at the Vermont Complex Systems Center, who posted their new analysis of 10 million geotagged tweets to to arXiv.org. They call their creation a “hedonometer.”

Read more. 

Okay, who wants a hedonometer?

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    Lima, Ohio, and 2 Michigan cities in “Saddest” column? Too close for my comfort!

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    Okay, who wants a hedonometer?

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    Spokane is 11th overall in the US. Interesting.

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