Thursday,
April 19, 2007
AESS/Cambridge Rates
The
ANNOTICO Report
An
Annual European Social Survey conducted by
That
makes Americans in Italy Laugh out Loud!!!!
Some
Americans find
Stars and
Stripes
By Sandra Jontz,
and Ben Murray
European edition,
Thursday,
April 19, 2007
With some of the
worlds best cuisine, beaches, beautiful people and panoramic vistas, what’s
not to like?
Something,
apparently: Italians, Portuguese and Greeks are among the unhappiest people in
Europe, according to
If thats the
case, then add great acting to Italians long list of accomplishments, said
short-term resident Geoff McGarrigle, who let out a
guffaw Wednesday after learning a survey found Italians are the unhappiest
people in Europe.
If the people
here are unhappy, they fooled me, said the
Italians
seem to be the happiest in
Whos
happiest?
The
Danes.
The results
confirmed beliefs held by social researchers that money doesnt
necessarily buy happiness, and sunshine isnt a
universal cure for the blues, Corrado said.
Respondents
ranked factors thought crucial for individual happiness, such as reliability of
friends, relations with neighbors, job security and satisfaction, and faith in
institutions like the government and police, Corrado
said.
Italians grapple
with governments regularly near collapse, smog problems that force traffic
blackouts in major cities, high unemployment and a large illegal immigrant
population all of which lead to a
general distrust in the government, public services and law enforcement
agencies.
In spite of all
that, Antonio Fontana, a groundskeeper at the U.S. Army base in
Hes a
southern-Med kind of guy, and if he didnt live
in
I dont
like the north, he said. People in the north arent very friendly.
A factor common
to high-scoring countries on the list was a general acceptance of cultural
diversity, Corrado said.
Northern European
countries were seen to have more open ideas about diversity than southern
European countries do, leading to more general trust of their neighbors.
Where
Being at the
bottom was also relative, Corrado said. Though
In the end,
however, the happiest person in
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