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These Fairfield County Locations Rank Among CT's Top 25 Best Places To Live These Fairfield County Locations Rank Among CT's Top 25 Best Places To Live
These Fairfield County Locations Rank Among CT's Top 25 Best Places To Live Several Connecticut communities are among the “best places to live in America” in 2022, according to a newly released poll. Each year, Niche explores the best places to live in the US, evaluating factors that include crime, public school systems, job opportunities, and local amenities. Using data based on the US Census, FBI, US Bureau of Labor (BLS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and other sources, Niche then ranked the top places to live across the country, led by Chesterbrook, a suburb of Philadelphia. In Connecticut, West Hartford in Hartford County was named as the…

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by Zak Failla
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Money Buys Happiness: Here's How Much You Need To Find Joy, Study Says Money Buys Happiness: Here's How Much You Need To Find Joy, Study Says
Money Buys Happiness: Here's How Much You Need To Find Joy, Study Says People who think money can’t buy happiness are woefully mistaken, according to a new study. A University of Pennsylvania study recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that people who earn $85,000 or more per year are happier than those who earn less. And the more money you earn, the happier you are. This contradicts common knowledge and refutes an earlier study that found there is a cap on how much happiness money can buy. Once a person earns at least $75,000 per year additional money won’t buy additional happiness, according to a 2010 Princeton Uni…

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by Kristin Palpini
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I Do? Guess Which States Have The Most Divorces, Marriages I Do? Guess Which States Have The Most Divorces, Marriages
I Do? Guess Which States Have The Most Divorces, Marriages Some states, it seems, are better at keeping families together than others. According to new data from the U.S. Census, there are definitely states with more marriages or divorces than others.  DIVORCE The place in the U.S. that has the fewest divorces is Puerto Rico - with 4.7 divorces per 1,000 girls and women of marrying age, according to 2019 Census data, the most recent available. Back on the mainland, Maine and Washington, D.C., tie for each having the lowest divorce rate at 4.8 divorces per 1,000 females ages 15 and up. The states with the highest divorce rates are: Arkan…

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by Kristin Palpini