I-Like-To-Bike

Also that people start threads on LCF without much regard to the topic of living car free; unless ranting about people who do not live car free and the alleged costs associated with motor vehicle operation, as well as speculating about numerous other economic, political and social topics is considered an essential component of living car free.

El Cid

If we were all more disciplined about what we post, I don't think this subforum would be very busy.

Ekdog

It's not very busy as it is!

I-Like-To-Bike

And what there is, doesn't have much to do with LCF and more to do with exercises in throwing up spacey verbiage to see what sticks or stinks, though it doesn't seem to make much difference.

Roody

And yet you keep coming back. We must be doing something right!

Zedoo

I was reading about Bhutan before I saw this thread. A nation that measures gross national happiness instead of product sounded like it could be a nice place to live, until I scrolled down and saw the part about deporting a fifth of their own population, making them stateless refugees, and demanding conformity in religion, dress, and language. I credit hnsq for instinctively rejecting the whole concept immediately.

I-Like-To-Bike

Though quite accurate, hnsq did not provide the high-fiving /"Happy" Kumbaya response that the OP was trolling for from the LCF choir.

el_diabl0

I don't have kids, but nothing makes me happier than making my dog happy. It's free, aside from a bag of kibble once a month.

350htrr

An Economy Based ON Happiness... Ha, Ha, That's funny... Isn't the whole N American/the whole world's economy based on happiness...? The capitalism way? Then there's the religious way... Then there's the Totalitarian way... The commune way... The independent explorer way... The nose to the grindstone way...

Roody

I agree that humans (and other organisms) are primarily motivated by happiness. Unfortunately, we do some bad planning and we end up not getting the happiness that we want.