Healthy lifestyles, higher than average incomes and overall quality of life appear to be key factors for why Californians tend to be happier than their counterparts in other states.
A recent study by SmartAsset, an online hub for consumer finance information, found that the happiest city in America was Sunnyvale in Santa Clara County. Earlier this year, another study ranked the town of Concord in the Bay Area as the happiest in the nation.
Regardless of which study you trust, both found that America’s “happiest” cities can be found in California.