Posted by Meri-Tuuli on August 5, 2006, at 15:14:29
In reply to Re: Are people in Rowanda happy and content?, posted by Snoozin on August 5, 2006, at 13:21:26
I agree with Snoozin. Its just far too complicated to overgeneralise like that. There are sooo many different factors that will rate differently on people's 'happiness scales'.
So, for example, you're stressed in London because of a hour and a half commute on the underground; you're stressed in Namibia because of an hour and a half walk to the closest well. So different reasons, same outcome. There are just as many happy sad people in developing countries as there are in the developed ones. I think anyway. Of course, this doesn't take into account local tensions - I mean, personally, I wouldn't like to live in a war zone, have some despot dictator leader, or live somewhere with no healthcare, free schooling, or democratacy.
BTW -- whoever thinks that people in the developing countries are actually happier, then why are they so keen to emmigrate to developed countries like the UK and the USA?
I generally get the impression that living in Rwanda doesn't make you too happy. For instance, between April and June 1994, an estimated 800,000 Rwandans were killed in the space of 100 days.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1288230.stm
poster:Meri-Tuuli
thread:674015
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/social/20060728/msgs/674036.html