These Are The 10 Happiest Small Places In America - Movoto

It seems to be that one of the common links to high ranking communities of this list is level of education or access to institutions of higher learning. For example, State College, Pennsylvania and East Lansing, Michigan are the number one and two highest ranked smaller communities in this survey. Both are homes to major public universities. Coincidentally, both Penn State and Michigan State vie for the title of the first Land Grant universities under the Morill Act. Beyond the top ten, Coral Gables, Florida was the only city to make the longer list from the state of Florida. Perhaps its rank is influenced by the proximity to the University of Miami. Click title for link.