Guest The Pom Queen Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 WOLLONGONG is home to the happiest Australians while Hobart rules the roost as the capital city with the biggest grumps, according to a study of more than 100 million Instagram photos. The study, by iPhone travel app Jetpac City Guides, ranked photos from around the world with a smile score that analysed the pixels to determine the average size of the smiles in photos. "Smiles on the faces of millions of people in millions of photos are the most direct measure we have of happiness," the Jetpac study says. "A small grin doesn't score as highly as a broad smile. Smiling for the camera is a cultural habit that tends to be the same around a country, so the relative happiness of a city rises above any posed smiles." The study found some surprising results, including that the people who live in Canberra, the home of endless (and sometimes pointless) political debate and roundabouts, are somehow much happier than the people who live in Byron Bay, where the debate typically concerns whether to surf in the morning or the afternoon or both. Darwin beat out the other state capitals with a smile score of 34.8. From happy to sad: Australia's cities 1) Wollongong (43.4) 2) Townsville (40.1) 3) Canberra (35.0) 4) Newcastle (34.9) 5) Darwin (34.8) 6) Cairns (31.2) 7) Adelaide (28.7) 8) Gold Coast (28.4) 9) Byron Bay (27.3) 10) Brisbane (27.2) 11) Perth (25.6) 12) Fremantle (25.0) 13) Sydney (24.9) 14) Melbourne (22.6) 15) Hobart (19.8) Source: Jetpac City Guides Instagram survey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishgirl1 Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Perth at number 11 very low I have to say, so many love their lives in Perth, it will be Happy as next Wednesday when we all get to meet you Kate xx Canberra is 2nd why is Conventry always Grumpy then lol:wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Pom Queen Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Canberra is 2nd why is Conventry always Grumpy then lol:wink: Because he is a pom :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobj Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Oh, I dunno, we're all hap hap happy in Ball Bay.:tongue: Well, downtown B B, that is... Cheers, Bobj. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Que Sera Sera Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Because he is a pom :wink: Crikey don't tell him that :wink::laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Que Sera Sera Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Perth at number 11 very low I have to say, so many love their lives in Perth,it will be Happy as next Wednesday when we all get to meet you Kate xx Canberra is 2nd why is Conventry always Grumpy then lol:wink: Sssh we need to keep quiet about how's good Perth is or else they'll all want to come :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quoll Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Perth at number 11 very low I have to say, so many love their lives in Perth,it will be Happy as next Wednesday when we all get to meet you Kate xx Canberra is 2nd why is Conventry always Grumpy then lol:wink: Canberra is third - wow, in that case the other places must have really miserable people! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Les Patterson Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Canberra is third - wow, in that case the other places must have really miserable people! It's obviously brightened up a hell of a lot now that you're not there anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flag of convenience Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Sssh we need to keep quiet about how's good Perth is or else they'll all want to come :laugh: The prices tend to have a culling affect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee13 Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Really? I thought Wollongong would rate wayyy down the list.. Has anyone been there? Its an industrial town. And Hobart up the list... ? What kind of smiles are they rating? The real happy kind, the evil kind or the kind that says I really want to shoot everybody:jimlad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freckleface Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 I'm not surprised that Wollongong and Canberra both rated well - they are both great places to live albeit for very different reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quoll Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 It's obviously brightened up a hell of a lot now that you're not there anymore. That must be it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petals Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 We in Melbourne are careful not to smile, might make more people want to live here, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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