I once read a great comment on HN when a similar topic came up (I cannot find the comment). In short, a guy in Australia struck it rich. Turned his ranch into a

I once read a great comment on HN when a similar topic came up (I cannot find the comment). In short, a guy in Australia struck it rich. Turned his ranch into a tropical island like set up. After some time got fed up and went to live on a real tropical island. A couple of years later he was back in Australia tired of the island lifestyle. The point of the post was that variety is probably what keeps us happy. Too much of one thing and most of us get bored.