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Originally Posted by ethereal  My friend went to Africa on a medical internship and he noted that the people there seemed a lot happier than most Americans. Go figure  |
There is a recent international study on happiness which identifies Indians (from India) as the happiest people on earth.
In Africa there are both horrible and beautiful places to live, so it depends on the specific place you are talking about.
My feeling is that true happiness is most strongly related to having a sense of genuine community. "It takes a village" and all that. Having close healthy relationships with an extended family and neighbors is far more important than money or religion. Carl Jung once said that the ideal environment for humans is the hamlet. I believe it.