Comments on: Montreal vs. Connecticut http://cultureby.com/2004/07/montreal_vs_con.html This Blog Sits At the Intersection of Anthropology and Economics Thu, 17 May 2012 21:10:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: john http://cultureby.com/2004/07/montreal_vs_con.html/comment-page-1#comment-7813 john Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:57:12 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=1160#comment-7813 hi, Cities always differ from the suburbs. The city area is always full of people around. Else the suburb let people live their lives peacefully. The standard of living may be down but they are ones who love to do good things and live long. **************************************** john http://www.addictionrecovery.net/connecticut Addiction Recovery Connecticut hi,

Cities always differ from the suburbs. The city area is always full of people around. Else the suburb let people live their lives peacefully. The standard of living may be down but they are ones who love to do good things and live long.
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]]> By: Grant http://cultureby.com/2004/07/montreal_vs_con.html/comment-page-1#comment-7812 Grant Thu, 19 Aug 2004 13:16:24 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=1160#comment-7812 to post authors: all these points are good ones, I was as usual running on stereotypes and connecticut grows every more interesting and nuanced. Last night I had dinner with a guy who give me a detailed geological account of the formation of Long Island sound, and I discovered from another source that this was once called the mediterranean of north america. It takes awhile to shift the stereotypes, and this anthropologist is inclined to exorcise them through repeated use. Will keep you posted. Thanks, grant to post authors: all these points are good ones, I was as usual running on stereotypes and connecticut grows every more interesting and nuanced. Last night I had dinner with a guy who give me a detailed geological account of the formation of Long Island sound, and I discovered from another source that this was once called the mediterranean of north america. It takes awhile to shift the stereotypes, and this anthropologist is inclined to exorcise them through repeated use. Will keep you posted. Thanks, grant

]]> By: LK http://cultureby.com/2004/07/montreal_vs_con.html/comment-page-1#comment-7811 LK Mon, 02 Aug 2004 15:16:27 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=1160#comment-7811 the picture you paint of 'the good life' in connecticut does not at all appeal to this urban dweller of a mid-size city, known around the world for its breathtaking beauty. still,i would be interested to hear what readers think/know about john helliwell and his work on happiness and income. here's an excerpt from an essay he wrote in 2003 called "Income and happiness: rethinking economic policy". there's a cartoon and a diagram that accompanies this, but you'll have to just imagine those for now >>> I showed that in advanced countries happiness has not risen, despite unprecedented increases in income. Today I want to try to explain this, and to draw some policy conclusions. But first I need to start with a caution. A s the golfer says[in the adjacent cartoon “Researchers say I’m not happier for being richer, but do you know how much researchers make?” In one sense the golfer is on to something. For there are two key facts that we have to explain. First at any one time rich people are on average happier than poorer ones. And yet over time advanced societies have not grown happier a s they have grown richer. In 1975 rich people were happier than poor ones. The same was true in 1998, when both groups were both richer than before But in 1998 each group was no more happy then before, despite its higher income. That is the challenge, and the paradox. It is an absolutely standard pattern in all countries. And indeed we find much the same if, instead of taking two dates for the same country, we take two countries at the same time – with one country being richer than another. So what is going on? On the one hand a given individual in a given country becomes happier if he is richer, And that is why most people want to be richer. But at the same time, when the whole society becomes richer, nobody seems to be any happier.>> the picture you paint of ‘the good life’ in connecticut does not at all appeal to this urban dweller of a mid-size city, known around the world for its breathtaking beauty. still,i would be interested to hear what readers think/know about john helliwell and his work on happiness and income. here’s an excerpt from an essay he wrote in 2003 called “Income and happiness: rethinking economic policy”.

there’s a cartoon and a diagram that accompanies this, but you’ll have to just imagine those for now

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I showed that in advanced countries happiness has not risen, despite unprecedented increases in income. Today I want to try to explain this, and to draw some policy conclusions. But first I need to start with a caution. A s the golfer says[in the adjacent cartoon “Researchers say I’m not happier for being richer, but do you know how much researchers make?” In one sense the golfer is on to something. For there are two key facts that we have to explain. First at any one time rich people are on average happier than poorer ones. And yet over time advanced societies have not grown happier a s they have grown richer. In 1975 rich people were happier than poor ones. The same was true in 1998, when both groups were both richer than before But in 1998 each group was no more happy then before, despite its higher income. That is the challenge, and the paradox. It is an absolutely standard pattern in all countries. And indeed we find much the same if, instead of taking two dates for the same country, we take two countries at the same time – with one country being richer than another. So what is going on? On the one hand a given individual in a given country becomes happier if he is richer, And that is why most people want to be richer. But at the same time, when the whole society becomes richer, nobody seems to be any happier.>>

]]> By: 'burb mom http://cultureby.com/2004/07/montreal_vs_con.html/comment-page-1#comment-7810 'burb mom Tue, 27 Jul 2004 20:03:54 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=1160#comment-7810 Anon, If that is how you see things in Connecticut, then you will have that same negativity where ever you go. Unfortunately, there will be a Dunkin' Donuts there, too. Anon,
If that is how you see things in Connecticut, then you will have that same negativity where ever you go. Unfortunately, there will be a Dunkin’ Donuts there, too.

]]> By: Anon http://cultureby.com/2004/07/montreal_vs_con.html/comment-page-1#comment-7809 Anon Mon, 26 Jul 2004 18:17:56 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=1160#comment-7809 This may be tangential but, I'm surprised at your description of Connecticut since I live there and find it to be a really mixed bag. Sure there are some places with nice houses and lawns where people are kind of friendly, but for the most part I find the people to be rushed and rude, their kids spoiled and rude, the housing way overpriced, the environment polluted, on and on... and nobody is particularly good looking especially after a few years of eating at the Dunkin Doughnuts that they have every 1000 feet along each road. But then maybe you confined all your observations to Greenwich? This may be tangential but,

I’m surprised at your description of Connecticut since I live there and find it to be a really mixed bag. Sure there are some places with nice houses and lawns where people are kind of friendly, but for the most part I find the people to be rushed and rude, their kids spoiled and rude, the housing way overpriced, the environment polluted, on and on… and nobody is particularly good looking especially after a few years of eating at the Dunkin Doughnuts that they have every 1000 feet along each road.

But then maybe you confined all your observations to Greenwich?

]]> By: Grant http://cultureby.com/2004/07/montreal_vs_con.html/comment-page-1#comment-7808 Grant Sat, 24 Jul 2004 14:02:58 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=1160#comment-7808 Dear 'burb mom. Any and all suggestions gratefully received! Best, Grant Dear ‘burb mom. Any and all suggestions gratefully received! Best, Grant

]]> By: james b http://cultureby.com/2004/07/montreal_vs_con.html/comment-page-1#comment-7807 james b Wed, 21 Jul 2004 13:43:01 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=1160#comment-7807 Not quite suburban ethnography, but Setha Low's work in gated communities is quite interesting. If I remember correctly she doesn't directly address intellectual stagnation being a product or peripheral of 'fortress america', but she does postulate that gated communities reinforce prevously situated notions of alterity in their inhabitants and a consequnce of this is that they nurture some sort of 'culture of fear.' Not quite suburban ethnography, but Setha Low’s work in gated communities is quite interesting. If I remember correctly she doesn’t directly address intellectual stagnation being a product or peripheral of ‘fortress america’, but she does postulate that gated communities reinforce prevously situated notions of alterity in their inhabitants and a consequnce of this is that they nurture some sort of ‘culture of fear.’

]]> By: Tom http://cultureby.com/2004/07/montreal_vs_con.html/comment-page-1#comment-7806 Tom Tue, 20 Jul 2004 08:51:33 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=1160#comment-7806 Questionable content filter is screening posts. Questionable content filter is screening posts.

]]> By: 'burb mom http://cultureby.com/2004/07/montreal_vs_con.html/comment-page-1#comment-7805 'burb mom Tue, 20 Jul 2004 08:28:46 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=1160#comment-7805 I think you would be the perfect candidate, an urban objective observer in the suburbs. May I suggest a particular vantage point? I think you would be the perfect candidate, an urban objective observer in the suburbs. May I suggest a particular vantage point?

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