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If you are unhappy, does starting to greet your neighbor makes your happier? Or is it the other way around, when you are happy you greet your neighbor. This so
by firefoxd 3y ago
If you are unhappy, does starting to greet your neighbor makes your happier? Or is it the other way around, when you are happy you greet your neighbor.
This sounds like a "one little weird trick to boost your happiness: greet six neighbors."
The important factors are the other things: having a high income, living in a good neighborhood, and and being a good community member. These increase your wellbeing, then of course you'll say hi to everyone.
- frandroid 3y agoPeople in low-income and "bad" neighbourhoods actually stand to gain a lot more by knowing their neighbours because they get a lot more out of community solidarity when there's trouble, they'll have networks to identify trouble earlier, etc.
- mk67 3y agoI must say I never had this train of thought. Whether I'm unhappy or happy I greet my neighbor as it is just common courtesy.