OzTennis

This was the finding of a major study carried out by my alma mater. The conclusions make for interesting reading. Here's a brief summary:

Major cities creating unhappy Australians

Australians who live in towns of fewer than 1,000 residents or rural locations have significantly higher levels of life satisfaction than those living in major cities, according to Australia's most comprehensive household survey.

The Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey undertaken by the University of Melbourne found that the kind of community a person lives in significantly impacts their happiness. Having neighbours who help out, and homes and gardens in good condition adds to a person's life satisfaction.

According to report author, Associate Professor Roger Wilkins, from the University's Melbourne Institute, the category of people in Australia that rated the highest life satisfaction were women who lived in Queensland. HILDA Survey 2015 Australia’s most comprehensive household survey offers insights into how we live.

If you want some bedtime reading the full report can be downloaded in PDF format at:

https://www.melbourneinstitute.com/d...eport_2015.pdf

Each person and family will of course have their own subjective feelings on what constitutes happiness and where best to achieve it but this is the result of surveying 17,000 Australians on behalf of the government.

Do we have a 'light blue touch paper' emoticon?

Pollyana

Love it.
I spent tonight with some friends who kept telling me how wonderful live in Brisbane is and how lucky I am to live there. None of them have moved beyond the London area in which they were born.

clearly everyone knows how I feel better than I do myself. Satisfaction? don't make me laugh.

astera

I think I know the ones that are pushing up the stats.

Hubby stuck in an office 10 hours a day to maintain her lifestyle, she's in her Porsche Cayenne with the only annoying aspect in her life the fact that she has to get up early to drive her kid to school.

As soon as she steps out there's a paper-cup latte in hand (certainly didn't stop to buy one along the way so it's probably part of the ATTIRE with the same cup always staying in the car), dressed as if she's about to go jogging though she's about to head straight back home. Judgemental, unpleasant, egocentric, with the inner belief that they have achieved everything in life.

Beoz

Brilliant. I love it when Australians without passports call it "the lucky country"

OzTennis

Perhaps you don't know that the term 'the lucky country' was coined by Donald Horne in his 1964 book? It is a derogatory, negative or sarcastic term. Those without passports and some with could do to learn by Google and do some research if they haven't read the book.

Beoz

Nope. They just need passports to broaden their little minds.

OzTennis

I thought you hadn't read it. Here's you pouring scorn on those who haven't been outside London using the phrase when all along you thought it meant the land of milk an honey.

Beoz

I'm glad you rolf at your own jokes. I guess someone has to.

OzTennis

Not clever to mention Rolf to an Australian. Another gaffe also, it's rolling on the floor laughing - rofl.

Beoz

Bit like f....c....u....k. Catch up old boy

OzTennis

Cringe - tries to cover up mistake after mistake. Have the grace to admit you didn't know about the origins of the term the lucky country and misused it (you do have lots of friends though who think the term means land of milk and honey) and you made a mistake with rolf but that might have been a 'typo'.

Beoz

Absolutely intentional. But you have the personality of a garden snail. Imagine sitting next to you at a dinner party.

Swerv-o

You've been to Mosman haven't you?

These women are very alive and kicking here in Sydney too - The North Shore and Eastern Suburbs are full of them


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JoeBloggs80

Ignorance is bliss I guess.

Beoz

I live in the Eastern Suburbs. ........ ssshhhhh ...... don't tell Mrs Beoz..... She works.