alt Hacker NewsYou would think that Finland's unemployment rate (10%+) would influence its ranking, but that's not the case at all.
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avgDev • last Thursday at 5:36 PM
Nordic countries have better safety nets.
I haven't travelled there but I grew up in Poland and still visit. US feels very capitalistic to me. I feel the pace is slower in Poland. In US I feel the need to produce. Might be just me.
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renewiltord • last Thursday at 6:08 PM
Well, that's just inherent in the question which asks someone to imagine the best possible life vs. the worst possible life. In a society with lots of room to grow you aren't at the higher rungs. In a society with no progress possible you're at the top easily.
As it's selfreporting and it's more about expectations than actual happiness a finnish dude only needs to think that life is just incredible compared to what he sees at the other side of the border to selfreport a 10 in happiness