Happiest place to live

You've sold it to me Granny23!

You've sold it to me Granny23!

You've sold it to me Granny23!

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I'm only a very part-time resident of the Western Isles - 1/52 or 2/52 per annum but must admit I am happiest when I am there. This is due in part to having the whole family all together there as I would not be as happy without them. We are all agreed that if work permitted or we won the lottery we would move to Barra and live there at least until the DGC leave school.

1 school both primary & secondary, swimming pool, library, superb beaches, machair, sunsets, mild climate, the odd whopper of a storm, fresh fish, lamb, veg, hospital, ceilidhs, Feis, visiting cinema, no need to lock doors, friendly helpful people, football team, golf course, tennis court, wonderful thrift shop and sales of home baking, a toffee (tablet) factory, great pubs with live music, peace and quiet. 5 hours to Oban on the ferry but only 40mins to Glasgow on the wee plane. They don't call it Barradise for nothing.

Of course, there may be a good reason for that.

Housing is very cheap there!

By the way, my OH spent part of his childhood in Wolverhampton and used to describe it as "the arse-hole of England" - he hated everything about it.

I am reading a very interesting book on my kindle called "A Year of Living Danishly" - it tells the tale of a couple who spent a year in Denmark with him working for Lego and her, a journalist, writing about the fact that Denmark has been judged to be the happiest country in the world.

We sometimes pop into Wolverhampton on the tram. It's not at all miserable and certainly not as run down as some places I've been. The people are friendly and there are some lovely parts of Wolverhampton as there are in most towns and cities.

Exactly, it may be heaven to some, not to live within driving distance of , say McDonalds, and hell to others!
Must you be near theatres, cinemas, bookshops?Do you want to be surrounded by greenery for as far as the eye can see?
must you be near the sea?
I think we would all like the crime rate to be low, people generally friendly etc but all other things are in the eye of the Beholder.

My house is - mostly!

How can you judge , there are so many different reasons why different people might be happy or not in any given place.

Well I think this is the happiest place to live.

DD posted on her FB the results of a survey that said Edinburgh was the best place.
That's where DD lives