Well, it is 'gay,' not 'morose'

Richard Florida finds a connection between Teh Gays and Teh Happy.


Says Florida:

[H]appy states are also apparently those greater concentrations bohemians (.43), immigrants (.36 ), and gays (.32), as well as states with higher levels of high-tech industry (.22) or those with more innovative potential.

But, uh oh:

States with a large concentration of the working class are far less happy - with a negative correlation of (-.51). That’s downright unhappy. Perhaps Marx was right after all about the alienation that comes from industrial work - or in this case the unhappiness found in working class locations.