There's a happiness divide in America with roots in our evolutionary ancestry. This episode of Living Here explores the causes and solutions to the Urban-Rural Happiness Gradient

Music in this piece was provided by Blue Dot Sessions via Free Music Archive

Songs in order of appearance:

Noe Noe (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/Castro/Noe_Noe)

Douglass Stairs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/Castro/Douglass_Stairs)

Strange Dog Walk (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/Castro/Strange_Dog_Walk)

Jefferson (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/Castro/Jefferson_1916)

**SHOW NOTES**

UN Urbanization statistics - https://esa.un.org/unpd/wup/publications/files/wup2014-highlights.pdf

Rural-Urban Happiness Gradient -https://sites.google.com/site/adamokuliczkozaryn/pubs/urban_rural_rev2.pdf

Forest Bathing - https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/07/17/536676954/forest-bathing-a-retreat-to-nature-can-boost-immunity-an