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Daily Real Estate News  |  April 7, 2009  |   10 Happiest States in the U.S.
Money can’t buy happiness, but it can make life a whole lot easier.

MainStreet.com’s Happiness Index examined household income, debt, employment, and foreclosures to choose the states that are surviving the current economic crisis with the most panache.

The analysis discovered that despite disastrous conditions in parts of Michigan and Ohio, overall, the Midwest is navigating the financial meltdown with the highest average salaries, lowest unemployment, and fewest foreclosures. In fact, Nebraska, in the center of the corn belt, scores highest on MainStreet’s Happiness Index.

Here are the rest of the top-10 happiest states:
  1. Nebraska
  2. Iowa
  3. Kansas
  4. Hawaii
  5. Louisiana
  6. Oklahoma
  7. Wyoming
  8. South Dakota
  9. West Virginia
  10. Wisconsin

Source: MainStreet.com, Stephen Dalton (04/06/2009)

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