It’s a U shaped curve since rural folks are also unhappy. My own sense was that there was a phase shift somewhere between 100k and 250k (exact mapping to density I don’t know) related to whether the schelling points for social gathering condense or fracture. I’d recommend people find out for themselves by visiting smaller and happier places. People in SV for instance can spend time in Santa Cruz which is #2 in happiness in the nation.
Can you say more about this?
I think there were some previous links in a debate about this on FB that I’m not finding now.
https://www.sciencealert.com/where-you-live-has-a-drastic-effect-on-your-happiness-levels
It’s a U shaped curve since rural folks are also unhappy. My own sense was that there was a phase shift somewhere between 100k and 250k (exact mapping to density I don’t know) related to whether the schelling points for social gathering condense or fracture. I’d recommend people find out for themselves by visiting smaller and happier places. People in SV for instance can spend time in Santa Cruz which is #2 in happiness in the nation.