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Move Over Disneyland- UTAH is here
Posted: March 11, 2009 10:42 am
by Tequila Revenge
Utah now the happiest place
Utah, Hawaii, Wyoming top 'happiness' poll
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090311/ap_ ... _happiness
Delicious Digg Facebook Fark Newsvine Reddit StumbleUpon Technorati Yahoo! Bookmarks Print By KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press Writer Kevin Freking, Associated Press Writer – 2 hrs 53
mins agoWASHINGTON –
Looking for happiness — it's family-friendly communities for some, tropical paradise or the rugged West for others. A survey of Americans' well-being, conducted by Gallup in partnership with Healthways and America's Health Insurance Plans,
gives high marks to Utah, which boasts lots of outdoor recreation for its youthful population.
Speaking of outdoor recreation, the islands of Hawaii took second place and Wyoming was third in the poll that rated such variables as mental, physical and economic health.
But fun outdoors obviously wasn't the only criteria — "wild, wonderful" West Virginia was ranked last among the states.
And the bluegrass state of Kentucky was 49th, with Mississippi 48th on the list.
Re: Move Over Disneyland- UTAH is here
Posted: March 11, 2009 11:01 am
by pbans
Well isn't that special?
Outdoor recreation....pssshhhhhhhhh.....the real factor is I live here and that makes people happy.
Who knew that a state that makes it hard to get a cocktail could be so full of happy people!
I joke....but really, it is a great place to live.
I love it here.
Re: Move Over Disneyland- UTAH is here
Posted: March 11, 2009 11:03 am
by z-man
I ain't movin' !!!
Re: Move Over Disneyland- UTAH is here
Posted: March 11, 2009 11:15 am
by Tequila Revenge
We got a real kick out of the privacy screen on the bar so people are not forced to see those evil libations being poured
That made us laugh outloud when it was explained. Gotta love the if you want to drink you must order something to eat rule too. That makes the servers happy.
Re: Move Over Disneyland- UTAH is here
Posted: March 11, 2009 11:24 am
by RinglingRingling
baaaaa...
Wyoming isn't happy because of the outdoor rec options...
Re: Move Over Disneyland- UTAH is here
Posted: March 11, 2009 11:37 am
by Snowparrot
Tequila Revenge wrote:We got a real kick out of the privacy screen on the bar so people are not forced to see those evil libations being poured
That made us laugh outloud when it was explained.
Gotta love the if you want to drink you must order something to eat rule too. That makes the servers happy
That's the way it was in Ontario when I was growing up. The food had to cost a certain percentage of the drinks, too. Now we have pubs and bars and all that wickedness.
Re: Move Over Disneyland- UTAH is here
Posted: March 11, 2009 11:44 am
by Tequila Revenge
RinglingRingling wrote:baaaaa...
Wyoming isn't happy because of the outdoor rec options...
Please refer to Wyoming as, "Utah's bitter little b****," in the future
Re: Move Over Disneyland- UTAH is here
Posted: March 11, 2009 11:47 am
by RinglingRingling
Re: Move Over Disneyland- UTAH is here
Posted: March 11, 2009 11:52 am
by pbans
The reason the wind blows in northern Utah is because wyoming s*cks.....
Re: Move Over Disneyland- UTAH is here
Posted: March 11, 2009 11:57 am
by pbans
Tequila Revenge wrote:We got a real kick out of the privacy screen on the bar so people are not forced to see those evil libations being poured
That made us laugh outloud when it was explained. Gotta love the if you want to drink you must order something to eat rule too. That makes the servers happy.
yes, there is some weirdness here.....
You can go to a club or tavern and get a drink without food....but you just have to order food at a restaurant with a liquor license.
The proposed legislation this year is to push the privacy screen on step further and make it a WALL that completely separates the bar from the restaurant. I just hope there is someone SENSIBLE on the committee that will kill it. It would cost a fortune for the restaurants and I personally think it would give a lot of franchises pause before branching in to Utah....not something we really want to be doing given the current economic climate.
Re: Move Over Disneyland- UTAH is here
Posted: March 11, 2009 11:58 am
by pbans
z-man wrote:I ain't movin' !!!
you just stay there with your giant rat.......
Re: Move Over Disneyland- UTAH is here
Posted: March 11, 2009 12:45 pm
by RinglingRingling
pbans wrote:Tequila Revenge wrote:We got a real kick out of the privacy screen on the bar so people are not forced to see those evil libations being poured
That made us laugh outloud when it was explained. Gotta love the if you want to drink you must order something to eat rule too. That makes the servers happy.
yes, there is some weirdness here.....
You can go to a club or tavern and get a drink without food....but you just have to order food at a restaurant with a liquor license.
The proposed legislation this year is to push the privacy screen on step further and make it a WALL that completely separates the bar from the restaurant. I just hope there is someone SENSIBLE on the committee that will kill it. It would cost a fortune for the restaurants and I personally think it would give a lot of franchises pause before branching in to Utah....not something we really want to be doing given the current economic climate.
doncha just love those folks who see it as their duty to make sure nothing that offends their sensibilities offends anyone else rather than readjusting their views?
Re: Move Over Disneyland- UTAH is here
Posted: March 11, 2009 6:25 pm
by Glorfindel7
Hawaii is definitely a happy place... didn't have any arguments with anyone while out there
(Except maybe the people that told me to "sit down" at the concert
)
Re: Move Over Disneyland- UTAH is here
Posted: March 11, 2009 7:10 pm
by Lightning Bolt
Hawaii is happiest because of buds, babes, and waves...simple 'nuf
Utah is happy because they live in some of the most beautiful lands of our country
..that, and so many of the Mormons up there are just in their own little world of delusional bliss.
Either way, I'll still ski there
Re: Move Over Disneyland- UTAH is here
Posted: March 11, 2009 9:17 pm
by Tequila Revenge
Somehow I get the feeling 80% of BN lives in the unhappy east
Report: Happier, healthier in the West
A survey of Americans' well-being, conducted by Gallup in partnership with Healthways and America's Health Insurance Plans, gives high marks to Utah, which boasts lots of outdoor recreation
I just gotta keep telling myself I'm happier in the West
I just gotta keep telling myself I'm happier in the West
I just gotta keep telling myself I'm happier in the West
I just gotta keep telling myself I'm happier in the West
I just gotta keep telling myself I'm happier in the West
I just gotta keep telling myself I'm happier in the West
not to bad so far
Re: Move Over Disneyland- UTAH is here
Posted: March 11, 2009 10:26 pm
by SMLCHNG
I'm kinda fond of the WEST.
Re: Move Over Disneyland- UTAH is here
Posted: March 12, 2009 11:39 am
by SharkOnLand
Wyoming? Those people must have lowered expectations of happiness...
Re: Move Over Disneyland- UTAH is here
Posted: March 13, 2009 12:04 am
by The Lost Manatee
Some of Utah's quirky liquor laws are ending, no more Zion Curtain, no more private club memberships! The separate room to mix drinks in will only apply to new eateries.
One of the reasons Utah is so happy is that it has the highest, per capita, usage rates for anti-depressants!
I was over at a friend's house one night, as she was making dinner. We were drinking wine, adding a little red wine to the sauce and a little to us, when her neighbor dropped by. The neighbor is the wife of the bishop. She saw we were drinking an made a comment that we really ought to give drinking and start taking Prozac. She was convinced that it was great, her entire family was on it. Frankly, I would rather have the fun of drinking wine with my dinner.
Utah is strange and during the legislative session it gets to be down right weird but I'm sticking around just to drive the Mormons crazy!
