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The (Pretty Much Totally) Complete Health Case for Urban Nature
CityLab: I’m not a doctor, but I do sit near one in The Atlantic’s New York office. So you can trust me to know that MD-in-residence James Hamblin is on to something when he writes
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Streets with no game
Aeon: In 2007, the Whole Foods supermarket chain built one of their largest stores on New York City’s storied Lower East Side, occupying an entire block of East Houston Street from the Bowery to Chrystie
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Economic Growth Can’t Buy Happiness
New psychological findings show why a country’s economic growth doesn’t always translate into greater happiness for its citizens.
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Lengthy Commutes Take a Mental Toll
Long chunks of time spent on the road has now been linked to lower life satisfaction.
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After Trauma, New Strength as Well as New Scars
The Wall Street Journal: Who is happier, the winner of a lottery jackpot or someone confined to a wheelchair after an accident? The answer seems obvious—the lottery winner. But it isn’t that simple. For her
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The Economics Of Happiness And A Country’s Income Inequality
NPR: Money can’t buy you happiness, right? That’s the assumption we’ve always had, and it feels good to feel that way. It’s also been held by something called the Easterlin paradox that happiness is about
