A study recently published in Science found that adults who moved to lower poverty areas experienced long-term mental and physical benefits, including a reported increase in happiness.
These results happened even for those who made the move without experiencing an increase in their own income levels.
According to University of Chicago researchers and their associates, families who simply moved to lower poverty areas, but whose income level remained unchanged, experienced the kind of benefits that they would have if they’d entered a higher tax bracket.
For instance, if a family moved to an area with a poverty rate 13 percentage points lower, they experienced an increase in happiness equivalent to a $13,000 raise in family income.
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