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Fenton Ranks So-So on Happiest Cities in Michigan List

They're downright miserable in Pontiac, Inkster Flint, Beecher and Highland Park, though.

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FENTON, MI - Fenton could lighten up a little, according to a ranking of 101 cities Homesnacks.net analyzed for its Happiest Cities in Michigan list.

Overall, Americans aren’t that happy, according to an October 2015 Harris Poll, that found only a third of Americans say they’re “very happy.”

The Happiest Cities In Michigan are:

  1. East Grand Rapids
  2. Allen Park
  3. Troy
  4. Beverly Hills
  5. Livonia
  6. Forest Hills
  7. Rochester Hills
  8. Holt
  9. Berkley
  10. Midland

For the record, the five most miserable large cities in Michigan are Pontiac, Inkster Flint, Beecher and Highland Park.

Also on the list were No. 11 Birmingham, No. 16 Novi, No. 17 Royal Oak, No. 18 Dearborn, No. 22 New Baltimore, No 25 Grosse Pointe Park, No. 27 Dearborn Heights, No. 30 Trenton, No. 32 Clawson, No. 35 Rochester, No. 55 Ferndale, and No. 63 Fenton.

Homesnacks used FBI crime statistics, Census Bureau data, Bureau of Labor Statistics data, as well as information from Sperling’s Best Places and geo-located tweets using the hashtag #happy to determine

  • Percentage of residents with a college degree
  • Average commute times
  • Employment rates
  • Cost of living
  • Crime
  • Sunny days
  • Percent of married couples
  • Percent of homeowners

» Photo by Gregory Gill via Flickr

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