Cities' best qualities can't be quantified: Will Doig
(NEWSER) - Captivated by a list of America’s most romantic cities ? How about its dirtiest , or smartest ? Such lists may be "click-bait," but there’s not much truth to them, writes Will Doig in Salon . How, for example, can Memphis be both the sixth-happiest place to work in ... and third-saddest city to live in? The fact is, "you simply can’t quantify happiness," says an expert—and judging a place by things that are quantifiable (in the case of Memphis' latter honor, the suicide and unemployment rates, and antidepressant use) misses the part that really does affect us: the "essence" of a city. More»
