Nashua, New Hampshire Ranked One of the Happiest Cities in U.S.

Nashua, New Hampshire has been ranked with high scores as one of the happiest cities in the entire U.S.

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Researchers at WalletHub took 29 key factors into consideration like income growth, leisure time, good mental health, reasonable work hours and more.

Having more money is important, according to the research. Making at least $75,000 per year is the number they found to be happy.

Here is How Nashua Scored

Overall Rank: 21st out of 182 picked in the survey for biggest population
Emotional and Physical Well-Being Score: 50
Income and Employment ranking: 105
Community and Environment Ranking: 3

Nashua Came in 3rd for Community and Environment

For this section of the methodology, researchers looked at Hate-Crimes, (not many in Nashua, thank God) separation and divorce rates, (I guess mine was too long ago to count) and the well-being index which refers to liking where you live and feeling safe in the community.

Here are the Top 3 Happiest Cities in the U.S.

1. Fremont, CA
2. San Jose, CA
3. Irvine, CA

Must be something in the water in California.

I grew up in Nashua, New Hampshire, so I guess I am a little biased. My Mom and Dad had a small neighborhood store that was the hub of the neighborhood. It was where I formed my community as a young girl.

Nashua is where I got my first paying job at Rozumek's IGA, met my first boyfriend who later became the father to my son and it's where my Mother lived until she passed away in 2016.

The city will always have a happy place in my heart.

What is your favorite New Hampshire city?