Comments on: Norway Falls In 2020 Happiness Rankings

By: Hana Balaban-Pommier

Hana Balaban-Pommier — Sat, 18 Apr 2020 21:31:33 +0000

I travel to Norway to visit my family yearly. I have lived in four other countries, including United States, and I can see how different life in Norway is due to the high level of social trust, right balance of work and rest, and very good social network, especially for families with children. I live in Canada which is a decent enough country, and I see how much more relaxed and happy Norwegians are in spite of their interior of cool reserve. I think we have a lot to learn from them.

By: Honest Hari

Honest Hari — Mon, 23 Mar 2020 08:27:03 +0000

I visit Norway for three months in every year. I travel around in a motorhome and not once have I ever been asked to move on at night. Crime is incredibly low and wages are incredibly high.
Toilets can be found on many highways and they’re free. Roads are generally very safe and 99% of drivers are courteous. Litter is hardly ever found. Air pollution really doesn’t exist.
Yes, there are negatives but these are far outweighed by the positives.
Incidentally, there are very few ** living here and that is another positive.

By: Haridas Thakur (Honest Hari)

Haridas Thakur (Honest Hari) — Mon, 23 Mar 2020 08:16:55 +0000

In reply to John. I don't trust people who use expletives as a means to express their disagreement.

By: Dale

Dale — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 21:00:38 +0000

These happiness studies would better be used to alleviate the global toilet paper shortage.

By: Space Cowboy

Space Cowboy — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 19:21:58 +0000

In reply to John. SMH!

By: Alex Solo

Alex Solo — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 12:16:10 +0000

From the perspective of a healthy individual most of these is a sheer nonsense. How can any country be happy? Someone cries, smiles or laughs but how come it applies to the whole mass of people. I know the UN is a ominously overgrown bureaucracy which needs and depends on rich countries for survival, so could it be a clue? Once when it all just began a little buddhist state of Nepal had been the happiest, but only once. Perhaps someone’s original idea got turned into a handy tool to manipulate our world ever driven by greed and political ambitions?

By: Charles

Charles — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 11:31:16 +0000

Averages mask the distribution. Maybe they also have more at the tail ends of extreme unhappiness. Well done David for typing this up.

By: John

John — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 00:19:33 +0000

Finland world’s happiest country hahahahah really ? This is utter shit. Look at their suicide rates. They don’t look like happy people. More like deppresed and rude people with pretty high suicide rate.