Mar 9, 2011
The happiest person in America has been located.
For the last 3 years Gallup has been calling 1,000 people a day with an interview that gauges their happiness.
The New York Times recently asked Gallup to use their data to describe who in America is the happiest person, statistically speaking.
He’s a tall, Asian-American, observant Jew who is at least 65 and married, has children, lives in Hawaii, runs his own business and has a household income of more than $120,000 a year.
As it turns out, there is at least one tall, old, wealthy, entrepreneurial, Asian-Jewish family man living in Hawaii. His name is Alvin Wong. The Times reached him by phone and he confirmed that, yes, he is indeed very happy.
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What a mensch.
What’s Chinese for mensch?
门施 (Menshi) Completely a transliteration, but it’s the best I could do.
i wonder how the others answered the interview and how they gauge their happiness and why.
Same here, happiness is so subjective. Maybe some of the people they called are normally happier than this person, but their mother just died; so they said, “No, I am not happy.”
I’m a short, Italian, former Catholic-turned Protestant under 30 single student who makes near minimum wage. I can’t even find words to describe my joy.
This made me smile. Apparently I live in the saddest state in the country (WV), but I’d say I’m happier than most (although I like Andrew’s use of the word joy instead of happiness).
I thought those things were supposed to be anonymous!