The Kintyre Forum

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7584321.stm


This is a new report just published where scientists mapped Britain's happiest places according to the BBC. And Edinburgh is 'officially' the most miserable place in Britain. Seemingly, there are loads of technical idetails on exactly how miserable we are in each area.
It struck a chord with me. Can we talk about happy people or happy places?

Surely we have to look at how people are differently miserable, i.e. if it's because there are no jobs?
And hasn't chance got something to do with it? Maybe they just interviewed the most miserable people in Edinburgh.

Anyway, I know a lot of people who have everything they need and more - health, a job, a lovely family, a nice home, etc. - and they still moan. Are folk more miserable now? Is Edinburgh really the most miserable place in Britain or is misery equally distributed throughout the whole country?

I suppose they had to make up a list of places to justify the research, because much of what they have found is observations on things that we all knew about without doing any research. Example:

"From what I've seen so far my view is that if an area is more socially cohesive it increases your chances of having good quality of interpersonal relationships and a good social network.”

Ye don't say!

I agree Emdee but it doesn't work out that way. Edinburgh, for example? As we are becoming less socially cohesive as a whole, is that why people are generally more miserable?

How about the current economic climate?In my opinion there are to many"doom and gloom"merchants at work.And as Darling Alistair himself told us that we are all travelling in a river full of manure without any means of propulsion,no wonder people are miserable!It is about time that our illustrious leaders started to talk the country up not down!

I think that with better communications nowadays, people are now more aware of how the other half live, and see that their lifestyle does not match up to that of some others.