Living Here

There's a happiness divide in America with roots in our evolutionary ancestry. This episode of Living Here explores the causes and solutions to the Urban-Rural Happiness Gradient Music in this piece was provided by Blue Dot Sessions via Free Music Archive Songs in order of appearance: Noe Noe (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/Castro/Noe_Noe) Douglass Stairs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/Castro/Douglass_Stairs) Strange Dog Walk (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/Castro/Strange_Dog_Walk) Jefferson (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/Castro/Jefferson_1916) **SHOW NOTES** UN Urbanization statistics - https://esa.un.org/unpd/wup/publications/files/wup2014-highlights.pdf Rural-Urban Happiness Gradient -https://sites.google.com/site/adamokuliczkozaryn/pubs/urban_rural_rev2.pdf Forest Bathing - https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/07/17/536676954/forest-bathing-a-retreat-to-nature-can-boost-immunity-an