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According to 35 thousand Polish residents
A survey conducted among 35,897 Polish residents between September 2021 and February 2022 reveals the happiest Polish cities. The big winners in the ranking are Gdynia, Gdansk and Zielona Góra, while the worst-performers are Częstochowa, Kalisz and Ruda Śląska. Interestingly, over half of the respondents confirm they are happy where they live.
Earlier this month, Otodom (a real estate website) and the ThinkCo (a real estate research lab) released an interesting report, backed by thousands of data entries and collected in the space of half a year. Assessing their cities on a scale from 1 (extremely unhappy) to 5 (completely happy), respondents ranked the places in Poland where they feel the most and the least happy.
The aim of the study was to understand what influences the subjective feeling of happiness in the city and its surroundings. For this reason, apart from the general indication of the level of happiness, the respondents also indicated which elements had a positive and negative impact on it. This way, the report brought to light some important findings about life in Polish urban settlements.
The key conclusions are that:
Considering the above factors, the respondents ordered the following list of 10 happiest cities in Poland:
The full ranking and description of the methodology can be found on this link (in Polish).
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