So Much For All That Talk That The Bakken Is Destroying North Dakota

A big "thank you" to Don who sent me this link; I certainly would not have seen it. The Consumerist is reporting:

If you’re living in North or South Dakota right now, you’ve probably got a big ol’ grin on your satisfied face. And well you should, as a new study from Gallup says the Dakotas top the list of states with the highest well-being figures in the nation for 2013.

In case the link is broken in the future, here are the top 10 and the bottom 10:

The Top 10
1. North Dakota: 70.4
2. South Dakota: 70.0
3. Nebraska: 69.7
4. Minnesota: 69.7
5. Montana: 69.3
6. Vermont: 69.1
7. Colorado:68.9
8. Hawaii: 68.4
9. Washington: 68.3
10. Iowa: 68.2

The Bottom 10
50. West Virginia: 61.4
49. Kentucky: 63.0
48. Mississippi: 63.7
47. Alabama: 64.1
46. Ohio: 64.2
45. Arkansas: 64.3
44. Tennessee: 64.3
43. Missouri: 64.5
42. Oklahoma: 64.7
41. Louisiana: 64.9