Income and Happiness Correlator

[oiprocs]

Try to be honest you rich Maserati-driving-mansion-owning pricks.

Edit: Take into account where you live.

$30k in NY would probably be low income, but in Kansas might be middle income. Use this to make a comparison if need be,

Edit 2: Vote based on your current position, whether that was derived from a past income or not.

 

[tallest1]

after reading a post like yours, why should I participate?

 

[oiprocs]

Originally posted by: tallest1
after reading a post like yours, why should I participate?

It's directed toward those that skew the poal.

I get the feeling I'm going to get a lot of these "rile up" posts.

 

[Newbian]

Where is the option for living on the street?

 

[PrinceofWands]

One thing that isn't accounted for in that poll is that how you answer today may not be how you'd answer a year ago, or 5 years from now. The poll has no control for other factors of happiness.

I've been both happy and unhappy at my income level (which has remained fairly constant over my life). This is a better indicator of where happiness is derived than just saying I'm happy being relatively poor.

 

[Chaotic42]

My comparable salary in Manhattan is low $100Ks and I'm very happy.