Santa Rosa ranked 10th happiest city in America despite ongoing social difficulties
Author:
Barkey, Isabelle
Decade:2020Initials:
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Publication:Sonoma State StarDate Published:Subject:
March 8, 2021, Wallethub, a personal finance website based in Washington D.C., posted an in-depth report on the happiest cities in America.
Santa Rosa was ranked 10th happiest city in the country. San Jose ranked at 5th. Fremont ranked as 1st.
Each city was based on 31 key indicators of happiness, ranging from depression rate to the income-growth rate to average leisure time spent per day.
Each city ranked under 3 subjects: Emotional and physical well-being, income and employment, and community and environment.
In the survey, there are 182 cities listed. The ranking of Santa Rosa being listed as 10th as been viewed as controversial.
