The AARP latest news page has a list of the five happiest states. Minnesota is number one. Minnesota is also among the higher taxed states.
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes supposedly said, “I like taxes; they buy me civilization.”
The other four states are Utah, Hawaii California, and Nebraska. The full list is at https://wallethub.com/edu/happiest-states/6959/. I’ll let you draw your own conclusions about the rankings. This site also has the best and worst rankings for a few more categories; taxes were not among them.
