Park life boosts morale as much as Christmas, survey shows
A survey among Twitter users shows that a tweet from under a tree is 2.5% happier — based on a hedonometer — than your average tweet
20 August 2019 - 17:02
Tbilisi — Sad city dwellers should seek solace in a local park, according to a survey tracking tweets that showed a leafy walk lifts morale as much as Christmas among Twitter users.
Trees in cities are already credited with cooling and cleaning the air, along with absorbing planet-warming gases — but a team or researchers from the University of Vermont, in the US, found they also cause happiness...
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