#qualityoflife — Public Fediverse posts
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Phasmophobia's second Quality of Life update adds Restricted maps, VR fixes, and much creepier deaths
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Air Conditioning Is Not a Luxury, It Is a Necessity
https://humanprogress.org/ac-is-not-a-luxury-it-is-a-necessity/
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49463367
#HackerNews #AirConditioning #Necessity #ClimateChange #HumanRights #QualityOfLife
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DATE: August 24, 2026 at 02:00PM
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-------------------------------------------------TITLE: Study sheds light on what makes a location a good place to live
URL: https://www.psypost.org/study-sheds-light-on-what-makes-a-location-a-good-place-to-live/
A study constructed a quality-of-life index for 3,100 U.S. counties in 2019. The researchers determined that high-quality-of-life counties tend to have more people moving in, a higher likelihood of residents staying, shorter commutes, lower homeownership rates, and more entrepreneurs and families. The paper was published in Social Indicators Research.
Traditionally, economic policies have been based on the idea that if jobs are created, people will move to where those jobs are. More recently, however, attention has increasingly shifted toward the opposite possibility—that jobs may follow people who are attracted to places offering a high quality of life. This makes understanding what makes a community desirable increasingly important for both researchers and policymakers.
Quality of life can include many characteristics of a place, from economic opportunities and housing to natural surroundings, cultural amenities, and access to nearby communities. Yet measuring it is surprisingly difficult because people’s subjective assessments do not always correspond to the actual characteristics or livability of the places where they live.
Attempts to combine numerous characteristics into quality-of-life indices face another problem: researchers must decide which characteristics matter and how much weight each should receive. An alternative is to examine people’s actual choices based on the economic concept of “revealed preferences”—the idea that people reveal their underlying preferences and the desirability of a place through their behaviors rather than their stated opinions. Looking at a broader range of behaviors—including staying in a community, commuting, buying homes, starting businesses, and raising families—may therefore provide another window into how people value the places where they live.
With this in mind, study author Yang Cheng and colleagues set out to develop a quality-of-life index for U.S. counties using revealed preferences across three dimensions: moving, staying, and committing. They believed that it is possible to make inferences about the quality of life in a county based on indicators that show how people interact with it.
These indicators include migration flows (high-quality-of-life places tend to have dynamic populations with both high in-migration and high out-migration, as popular places attract new people but can also price others out), whether residents stay there once they move in (residential retention), commuting out of the county for work (people are less likely to commute outside their county if they live in an area with a high quality of life), homeownership, business formation (high-quality-of-life places tend to attract entrepreneurs), the presence of families with school-age children, and birth rates.
The study authors drew the information they needed from the American Community Survey (an ongoing demographics survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau) using 2019 5-year estimates for U.S. counties. They decided to include 3,100 counties across the contiguous U.S. in their analyses. The authors created a statistical model, which they used to build a quality-of-life index and assign an index score to each county. They then proceeded to explore the differences between counties with high and low scores on the index.
Results indicated that high-quality-of-life counties tended to show dynamic migration patterns, strong residential retention (meaning people who moved there tended to stay), shorter commutes, a lower share of homeowners, more entrepreneurs, and more families with children. Of these, the study authors noted that residential retention, homeownership, in-migration, and commuting accounted for 87 percent of the index weight.
On average, urban counties tended to have a higher quality of life, but there were many rural counties with a high quality of life as well. The study authors noted that top-ranked counties tended to share features that explain why people move, stay, and commit there. These included the presence of higher education, critical institutions, dominant industries, a rich natural environment, and other local amenities.
Many of the top-ranking counties were located outside urban centers. They also tended to be characterized by strong civic engagement, often featuring more peaceful protests and higher levels of political contributions from both individuals and organizations. The study authors believe that this indicates active civic participation and proactive local governance that emphasizes transparency and accessibility.
“The Midwest and parts of the Northeast generally have the lowest-ranking counties, along with some areas in the national interior such as North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas, as well as historically disadvantaged regions like the Southern Delta and Appalachia. In contrast, the Far West, the Southwest, and the Rocky Mountain region tend to have higher quality-of-life rankings, with mild weather, natural amenities, and proximity to coastal areas being contributing factors,” the study authors added.
The study contributes to the scientific knowledge about factors defining quality of life. However, the study authors note that many counties had a single large institution (e.g., a military base or a university) with a natural inflow and outflow of people. This made it difficult to separate the migration driven by quality-of-life factors from the migration driven by the nature of the institution itself.
Additionally, the study did not measure the well-being or quality of life for different demographic groups within a community. Different groups within a community may experience radically different life qualities depending on their specific conditions.
The paper, “Move, Stay, and Commit: Place-based Quality of Life in the U.S.,” was authored by Yang Cheng, Tessa Conroy, and Steven C. Deller.
URL: https://www.psypost.org/study-sheds-light-on-what-makes-a-location-a-good-place-to-live/
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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #QualityOfLife #MoveStayCommit #QualityOfLifeIndex #USCounties #CensusData #CommunityDevelopment #QualityOfLifeResearch #WhereToLive #CivicEngagement #LifeQualityFactors
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BBC spelling of immigrants is so cringe
"The BBC spoke to expats living in the five highest-ranked countries about why they moved:"
The top 10 countries for expats in 2026:
1. Panama
2. Mexico
3. Thailand
4. UAE
5. Brazil
6. Spain
7. Singapore
8. Portugal
9. Malaysia
10. LuxembourgI've heard only LEFTISTS are allowed to move to Brazil tho... spread the word 😅
#expatmyass #immigrant #immigration #ukpol #expat #brazil #qualityoflife #lula
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Farms and Gardens Program is therapeutic outlet for Wisconsin Veterans https://www.allforgardening.com/1930269/farms-and-gardens-program-is-therapeutic-outlet-for-wisconsin-veterans/ #GardeningWisconsin #OccupationalTherapist #QualityOfLife #wisconsin
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Everything sucks poll results... I can understand the view.
"Youth poll: Thumbs down on everything"
#Inflation #Future #QualityOfLife #Perspective #Youth #Hope #Economics #Politics #Government #Poverty #USA #EU #UN #NEWS
https://www.axios.com/2026/08/13/youth-poll-thumbs-down-on-everything
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New Jersey ranked second-best state to live in https://www.allforgardening.com/1929450/new-jersey-ranked-second-best-state-to-live-in/ #affordability #AffordableHousing #GardeningNewJersey #Hoboken #idaho #NewJersey #NewMexico #PublicHealth #QualityOfLife #rankings #RealEstate #ResidentialRealEstate
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DATE: August 12, 2026 at 07:00AM
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-------------------------------------------------TITLE: Social anxiety, not masking, may drive mental health struggles in autistic adults
For autistic adults, hiding or suppressing traits to fit in with social expectations is often linked to higher rates of depression and distress. A recent study published in Autism Research reveals that these negative mental health outcomes may actually be driven by underlying social anxiety and social challenges, rather than the act of camouflaging itself. The findings suggest that current psychological questionnaires might be measuring overlapping concepts, pointing to a need for more precise tools to understand autistic well-being.
Autism is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by differences in social communication, interaction, and sensory processing. Many autistic individuals use a coping strategy known as camouflaging to navigate social environments. This practice involves suppressing natural behaviors, such as avoiding eye contact or repetitive physical movements, while mimicking the speech patterns and gestures of people who are not autistic.
Psychologists divide camouflaging into three distinct categories. Compensation involves actively developing techniques to manage social interactions, such as practicing scripted conversations. Masking refers to deliberate efforts to hide autistic traits. Assimilation involves adapting behaviors to blend into a group, often by avoiding situations where differences might be noticed.
People camouflage for various reasons, including a desire to avoid discrimination, reduce stigma, and foster a sense of belonging in social groups. This effort often comes at a high personal cost. Previous research has consistently linked camouflaging to physical exhaustion, identity confusion, and elevated rates of depression and anxiety.
These established associations prompted researchers to ask a more specific question. Bruna B. Roisenberg, a researcher at the University of Sydney, along with senior author Adam J. Guastella and their colleagues, wanted to know if camouflaging independently predicts poor mental health. They suspected that the negative outcomes often attributed to camouflaging might actually stem from overlapping issues, such as social anxiety or broader difficulties with social responsiveness.
Social anxiety involves an intense fear of being judged or evaluated negatively in social situations. Social responsiveness refers to how an individual perceives, interprets, and reacts to social cues. The researchers theorized that because camouflaging involves intense self-monitoring and a fear of negative evaluation, it shares many fundamental features with social anxiety.
To investigate this relationship, the research team analyzed data from 113 autistic adults. The participants ranged in age from 17 to 75. All of them were experiencing social anxiety and had expressed interest in receiving therapeutic interventions for their anxiety symptoms.
The participants completed a series of standardized questionnaires. These surveys measured their levels of camouflaging, social anxiety, and social responsiveness. The participants also completed assessments evaluating their current levels of depression, psychological distress, and daily disability.
In addition to these mental health metrics, the researchers assessed the participants’ overall quality of life. This evaluation covered four distinct areas. The surveys measured physical health, psychological well-being, the quality of social relationships, and environmental factors like access to resources and daily safety.
The researchers used a statistical method called hierarchical regression to evaluate the data. This technique allowed them to test the variables in a step-by-step manner. By controlling for basic demographic factors like age and sex assigned at birth, they could observe the isolated effects of social responsiveness, social anxiety, and finally, camouflaging.
The goal was to see if camouflaging added any unique explanatory power to the mental health outcomes. If camouflaging was an independent driver of poor mental health, it would predict higher levels of depression or distress even after the other variables were taken into account.
The results told a different story. In the initial analyses, camouflaging was indeed associated with greater psychological distress, more severe depression, and increased disability. Those who reported higher levels of masking their traits also reported worse overall mental health.
This relationship vanished in the step-by-step statistical models. The researchers found that social responsiveness and social anxiety strongly predicted depression, psychological distress, and disability. Once the models accounted for these two factors, camouflaging did not explain any additional differences in the participants’ mental health.
The same pattern emerged when looking at quality of life. Higher levels of social anxiety and social challenges were associated with a lower quality of life. Camouflaging provided no independent predictive value for a person’s physical health, psychological well-being, social relationships, or environmental satisfaction.
The findings held true even when the researchers broke down camouflaging into its specific components. None of the individual strategies, compensation, masking, or assimilation, independently predicted negative mental health outcomes beyond the effects of social anxiety and social impairments.
The results imply that the questionnaires currently used to measure camouflaging might be capturing the same psychological processes as tools used to measure social anxiety. Because both concepts involve a heightened focus on how one is perceived by others, they are difficult to untangle with standard surveys. The emotional and functional costs attributed to camouflaging may largely reflect a broader fear of negative evaluation.
The study provides an updated perspective on how autistic adults experience mental health challenges, but it relies on cross-sectional data. This means the researchers measured all variables at a single point in time. Because of this design, the study cannot determine whether social anxiety leads to increased camouflaging, or if the effort of camouflaging exacerbates social anxiety.
The researchers also noted that the study relied entirely on self-reported questionnaires. This type of data can be influenced by a participant’s level of self-awareness or their interpretation of the questions. Relying solely on self-reporting increases the likelihood that overlapping concepts will blend together in the final data.
The study participants were all actively seeking treatment for social anxiety, which means the group may not represent the broader autistic population. Autistic individuals who do not experience high levels of social anxiety, or who are not actively seeking mental health support, might exhibit different patterns of well-being.
Future research will need to track autistic individuals over extended periods to see how camouflaging and mental health interact as people age. Expanding the ways in which researchers measure camouflaging, perhaps through observational methods or interviews, could help isolate its specific effects on an individual’s quality of life.
The study, “Does Camouflaging Predict Functioning, Distress, and Quality of Life for Autistic Adults?” was authored by Bruna B. Roisenberg, Kelsie A. Boulton, Emma E. Thomas, and Adam J. Guastella.
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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #AutismMentalHealth #CamouflagingMyth #SocialAnxiety #AutisticAdults #MentalHealthAwareness #SocialResponsiveness #DepressionInAutism #QualityOfLife # neurodiversity #AutismResearch
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Four simple rules behind Japan's most liveable cities
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20260805-four-simple-rules-behind-japans-most-liveable-cities
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49196174
#HackerNews #Japan #Liveability #UrbanPlanning #QualityOfLife #TravelTips
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Dad describes the moment he realized he couldn’t raise his daughter in the United States
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So I'm tracking energy consumption. I also tracked the AC here.
The machine runs the entire day on hot days, where hot >32 degrees C.
It reaches a 10-15 temperature differential to the outside.
It's consumption over the year is negligible and below what the coffee machine consumes.
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Not Friday anymore, but my #FreeCADFriday was about getting some #QualityOfLife things together.
Got my rotating hanging bar up again after a small redesign of the bearing holders. Also designed and #3DPrinted an end stop for my nieces' hang bar since they're worried that it'll fall out of the bearing.
Haven't had my #PineTime on my arm for a few days since the strap broke. Printed a small loop in ASA and cut the zip flap off a discarded rain jacket to make myself a new one.
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Being well enough to thrive a few hours a week means the govt pulling your #financial support out from under you at a whim.
Change of #legislation? Ded
Change of circumstances? Ded#DynamicDisability whose needs change daily? Ded
Improved #QualityOfLife because your number of access needs unmet is decreasing? Ded
Get paid for work that feeds the soul of your #community and yourself? Ded🧵
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#FortWayne #Indiana defers having a Data Center #Community #Input task force decision - https://www.wane.com/news/local-news/fort-wayne-holds-data-center-task-force-decision/
Councilman Jehl brought forth a #Bill creating a #DataCenter Task Force called, "Data Center & #Community #QualityofLife + #TaskForce for the #CityofFortWayne"
The item was deferred as council wants more time with this new idea. City Council voted to put hold on discussion
#DataCenter #Technology #Google #Concerns #Environment #QualityOfLife #Health #Economics #Political #DelayTalks
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#FortWayne #Indiana defers having a Data Center #Community #Input task force decision - https://www.wane.com/news/local-news/fort-wayne-holds-data-center-task-force-decision/
Councilman Jehl brought forth a #Bill creating a #DataCenter Task Force called, "Data Center & #Community #QualityofLife + #TaskForce for the #CityofFortWayne"
The item was deferred as council wants more time with this new idea. City Council voted to put hold on discussion
#DataCenter #Technology #Google #Concerns #Environment #QualityOfLife #Health #Economics #Political #DelayTalks
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Fort Wayne delays data center community input task force decision https://www.wane.com/news/local-news/fort-wayne-holds-data-center-task-force-decision/
Councilman Jehl brought forth a bill for a data center task force called, "Data Center & Community Quality of Life+ Task Force for the City of Fort Wayne"
The item was deferred as council wants more time with idea. City Council voted to put a hold on discussion
#FortWayne #Indiana #DataCenter #Technology #Google #Concerns #Environment #QualityOfLife #Health #Community #Economics #Political #DelayTalks
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One conclusion that I've made while living through record breaking hotter summers and poorer quality air is that I would much rather have breathable air and a habitable temperatures outdoors then a billion dollars. The quality of life afforded by having the ability of going outside and not feeling like I'm dying is worth way more that any about of money.
whats quite tragic is that I'm now realizing that this is something I've taken for granted.
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Happy US Public Service Recognition Week!
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https://2026.ourpublicservice.org/public-service-recognition-week
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To every #publicservant that contributes to the #public’s #wellbeing and #prosperity, at every level of #government - be that #industry, #science, #agriculture, #fisheries, #ecology, #naturalresources, #environmental, #qualityoflife, #publicsafety, #publichealth, #wastedisposal, #waterresources, #foodsecurity, #planning, #policy, and SO much more…
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“Public Service Recognition Week (PSRW) 2026 takes place May 3–9, celebrating federal, state, county, local, and tribal government employees who strengthen communities. It honors dedicated professionals—from first responders and teachers to public administrators—who provide essential services…”
#publicservice #publicgood #fedservice #opendata #taxpayervalue #publicsupport #farming #GIS #spatial #mapping #nation #national #USA -
The anti-woke and the fash are clearly on a winning streak, and have been so for a while. And yet they seem just as angry and just as victim complexy as ever.
Do they even enjoy their victory at all? Never have I seen a social movement that everyone knew about be crushed so thoroughly and so quickly as woke was – so why aren't they cheering?
What's the point of destroying so many peoples lives if they can't even feel happy about it?
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Providing a plant-based option in #CareHomes is beneficial in multiple respects: improving food-related quality of life, enhancing dignity of choice & autonomy, and potentially boosting nutritional intake: doi.org/10.1186/s128... #plantbased #diets #nutrition #qualityoflife
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Florida sues leading medical groups for supporting gender-affirming care
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/florida-medical-groups-transgender-lawsuit
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Improve your quality of life through mindful practice — slow down, breathe, and reconnect with the present moment. Small mindful steps create powerful, lasting change. 🌿✨
https://de320.isrefer.com/go/LUYDV3RB/Stuartn/
#MindfulLiving #QualityOfLife #InnerPeace #MindfulnessPractice #SelfGrowth #PresentMoment #Wellbeing #PositiveChange #MindfulJourney #LifeBalance #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan #Meditation -
"It's companies vs people"
Exactly! I wish, more people would realize that
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1QvVnjiegE
https://piped.video/watch?v=M1QvVnjiegE
https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=M1QvVnjiegE
#capitalism #HumansBeforeProfit #corporateGreed #predatoryCapitalism #chokepointCapitalism #Oligarchy #Corporatocracy #SocialInequality #CostOfLiving #CostOfLivingCrisis #QualityOfLife #EvanEdinger
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More #Indians #losinghope of improved quality of life under #Modi, survey shows
🇮🇳😷"More than 37% of respondents in a #prebudget #survey said they expect the overall #qualityoflife for #ordinary #people to #deteriorate over the next year, the highest such % since 2013.. ⅔ of survey respondents said #inflation remains #unchecked & prices hv gone up since Modi became PM in 2014, while more than half said the rate of inflation has “adversely” affected their quality of #life"
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/more-indians-losing-hope-of-improved-quality-of-life-under-modi-survey-shows -
A Map of Global Happiness By Country in 2024
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https://posts.voronoiapp.com/maps/A-Map-of-Global-Happiness-By-Country-in-2024-872 <-- shared technical article
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[“USA places 23rd overall, but drops 40 spots of individuals under 30 years old”]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #global #demographics #happy #happiness #survey #worldhappinessreport #Gallup #lifeevaluations #world #qualityoflife #lifequality #contentment #demography #population #age #disparities #agedisparities#GlobalHappiness -
Effects of medical interventions on health-related quality of #life in chronic disease – systematic #review and meta-analysis of the 19 most common #diagnoses
"...Large variation between baseline and post-treatment scores on the EQ-5D health index, depending on the #health condition..."
#QualityOfLife #QoL #Disease #Care #MedMastodon
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1313685/
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#Corporations don't need to offer growth or a good #qualityOfLife if they can give people an enemy. Then people will work as slaves and work to death. The two enemies, #COVID19 and #China, or to use the #MikePompeo euphemism, #CPP, are a strong combo, the #identityLeft will dob in #badNeighbour for not wearing mask, the #right will dob in those who sympathise with Chinese.
Together you have complete #divideAndRule.
