Hampton Roads has one of the happiest cities in the US and it's...Chesapeake!
There are multiple factors that can impact your happiness. Personal finance website SmartAsset reviewed a number of those across 90 of the nation’s largest cities, including how many residents earn $100,000 or more, life expectancy, marriage rates, and traffic volume.
There may be other factors that influence your happiness, but these variables — based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute’s County Health Rankings and Roadmaps report — help give a general idea of perceived happiness.
Here is the top 10:
City
1
Arlington, Virginia
2
Plano, Texas
3
Fremont, California
4
San Jose, California
5
Seattle, Washington
6
Boise City, Idaho
7
Raleigh, North Carolina
8
Chesapeake, Virginia
9
San Francisco, California
10
Anchorage, Alaska