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Re:States with the highest taxes also rank as the unhappiest? by pierrefar on Wednesday December 30, 2009 @05:29PM (#1023375)
This suggests an alternative good explanation: "Using data from the 2005-2008 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and a 2003 economics paper examining quality-of-life indicators"

This time period is when the Republicans were in peak power in the White House and Congress. I suggest that this political environment makes blue-state dwellers unhappy.

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Re:States with the highest taxes also rank as the unhappiest? by kingkongreveng_ on Wednesday December 30, 2009 @10:44PM (#1023762)
The substantive political environment is identical now. The study already indicates that people in areas with winning sports franchises are less happy, so there goes the "in power party makes me happy" explanation.
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