Researches at the University of Vermont studied 50 million tweets a day, scoring the “happiness” of people’s words to monitor our mood.
One consistency from the study: being outdoors — and specifically parks — make us happier.
Researchers looked at anonymous Twitter data for the study and tweets from parks and after park visits were more positive. The powerful effects of nature are strongest in large parks with more trees, but smaller neighborhood parks also provide a significant boost. Their impact on happiness is real, measurable, and lasting.
Tweets show that parks increase happiness to a level similar to the bounce at Christmas, which typically is the happiest day of the year.
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