@foxyjewishmama @TravelinMatt34 Let me guess, you get your “studies” from people like “World Happiness Report”. Well here’s real science. https://t.co/lQ5440z8BB As for life expectancy, it’s pretty simple, older rural people are slightly fatter. That has
"rural residents tend to report higher subjective well-being than urban residents in developed countries"
@DaSkrubKing If your ultimate goal is economic activity, denser is better. But if your goal is something else, like quality of life, it's more complicated... take for example the rural happiness paradox https://t.co/3Yoqbzzv3k.
@PlastiqSoldier It's a good thing if your ultimate goal is economic activity, but then you may also be in favour of, say, letting children work instead of going to school. I'd argue your higher goal is quality of life, in which case consider the rural hap