Are people happier in developed countries?
A couple of days ago, I asked my tutor the following question: Are people happier in England or in Brazil? She - who lived both in Brazil and England - answered without hesitating that they are happier in Brazil. The other day I asked the same question to my half American half Sweden tutor - who lived in the US, Brazil, Sweden and Thailand - and he said people in Brazil and Thailand are happier than in the US and Sweden. Also, he said in Sweden people are even sadder than in the US.
Why does it happen? We guessed something: the sun! It seems the lack of sunshine in places like Sweden and England gets people depressed. My sister-in-law said the same about Switzerland, where she lived for three years. She said there people sometimes look so sad because everything is so grey.
Surely there are other factors which influence on happiness, but the sun is clearly important. Either way, is interesting to think about how people can be happier in underdeveloped countries, since in many situations we assume they would be happier in the developed ones.
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A couple of days ago, I asked my tutor the following question: Are people happier in England or in Brazil? She, who has lived both in Brazil and England, answered without hesitating that they are happier in Brazil. The other day I asked the same question to my half American half Swedish tutor, who has lived in the US, Brazil, Sweden and Thailand, and he said people in Brazil and Thailand are happier than in the US and Sweden. Also, he said in Sweden people are even sadder than in the US.
Why does this happen? Our guess was that it must be the sun. It seems the lack of sunshine in places like Sweden and England makes people depressed. My sister-in-law said the same about Switzerland, where she lived for three years. She said the people there sometimes look so sad because everything is so grey.
Surely there are other factors which influence their mood, but the sun is clearly important. Either way, it is interesting to think about how people can be happier in underdeveloped countries since, in many situations, we assume they would be happier in the developed ones.
Why does this happen? Our guess was that it must be the sun. It seems the lack of sunshine in places like Sweden and England makes people depressed. My sister-in-law said the same about Switzerland, where she lived for three years. She said the people there sometimes look so sad because everything is so grey.
Surely there are other factors which influence their mood, but the sun is clearly important. Either way, it is interesting to think about how people can be happier in underdeveloped countries since, in many situations, we assume they would be happier in the developed ones.
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I really agree with the guess, strong power of sun.
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