The Daily Beast: Ann Arbor No. 5 on happiest cities in the nation list

By Cindy Heflin Associate news director

Posted on Thu, Mar 1, 2012 : 1:41 p.m.

Ann Arbor ranked No. 5 on The Daily Beast's list of happiest cities.

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Earlier this month it was named the best city in America for singles. Now we learn that Ann Arbor is the 5th happiest city in America. (We’ll just forget about that worst place to meet a sensitive guy designation.)

The Daily Beast rated metro areas for the sunniest dispositions, looking at data from Gallup-Healthways as well as unemployment rates, income and the number of clear days per year.

Ann Arbor earned its fifth-place ranking with a happiness score of 97.5. It's the only Michigan city mentioned.

Washington, D.C., netted the top spot with a score of 100. Boulder, Colo., ranked No. 2 with a score of 99. Ann Arbor earned its score even though the number of sunny days wasn’t available from the National Climatic Data Center, according to The Daily Beast.

Ann Arbor even beat out Honolulu, which came in 6th.