This Is Interesting: Somerville Measures Happiness

May 1, 2011 by PaulM Posted in Culture, Education, History, Lowell 1 Comment

In today’s NYTimes, Somerville, Mass., is featured in an article about the innovative way the community tries to measure the happiness of its residents. Read the article here, and get the NYT if you want more.

One Response to This Is Interesting: Somerville Measures Happiness

  1. Kosta says:

    Bhutan! of all places – a nation in the Himalayas, years ago, was first to promote “Happiness” as a national goal. it’s nice to read this article about Somerville – not dissimilar to Lowell – and its efforts to measure ‘happiness”. What do you know – maybe next they will measure the success of their efforts to strengthen the happiness of their people. That it’s a role of government to do just that. Very nice of Somerville to lead the way,