Money and Happiness

I knew it! Apparently money can buy happiness after all.

The LA Times reports that a recent study of more that 350,000 Americans shows a strong correlation between happiness and financial well-being.

Of course it's a bit more complicated than that, but the data show that those living in geographical areas with low unemployment and higher relative incomes report higher levels of happiness.

The happiest place? Utah (go figure), with an unemployment rate way below the national average. Hawaii is next, for obvious reasons, but also with high income and employment.

Bring up the rear with the worst sense of well-being is West Virginia, followed by Michigan, Ohio, Mississippi and Kentucky, all states who's economies have tanked.

So if I save my money and move to Mississippi, will I feel rich and happy?