West Virginia ‘last’ in happiness?

WalletHub said it measured safety, love, meaningful work, faith, values, meaning, purpose, compassion and helping others to rank states in terms of happiness.

Sure sounds like West Virginia to me.

Somehow, WalletHub ranked West Virginia last among the 50 states in happiness. Almost Heaven is Almost Hell in these rankings.

Just below Kentucky, Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama, Louisiana and Oklahoma.

Except for oil-rich Oklahoma, those states are one thing in common: Poor people.

The article says money can’t buy happiness. But it sure looks like money can buy a higher ranking for happiness from WalletHub.

The 10 happiest states, if you can believe WalletHub: Minnesota, Utah, Hawaii, California, Nebraska, New Jersey, South Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin and New Hampshire.

You freeze in Minnesota, you’re Mormon or on the outside looking in in Utah, California is a vanguard state of things to come, Nebraska has too much corn, New Jersey has Christy and is the butt of jokes, South Dakota and Iowa have vast stretches of nothingness.

Top 10 looks about as cockeyed as the bottom 10 to me.

Let’s look at the most and least peaceful states, according to the statistics.

Louisiana, Alaska, Tennessee, Delaware and Nevada are the worst, in that order, if you’re looking at crime and violence.

West Virginia is 15^th among the most peaceful states, far from what WalletHub lists the Mountain State folks.

Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Minnesota, Utah and North Dakota are the most peaceful, in that order. Apparently, fewer people make for less crime and violence. Crowding rats into smaller and smaller places have proved that, too.

Florida and Arizona, haven for retired senior citizens, are in the bottom five of NOT being peaceful.

Fake news? Seems illogical to me, at the least.