The people of Hamburg think they are the happiest big cities. Frankfurt am Main and Munich follow in the SKL happiness atlas. At the bottom of a total of twelve major cities are Dresden and Leipzig.
The people of Hamburg think they are the happiest big cities. As can be seen from the so-called SKL Happiness Atlas, which was available to the AFP news agency on Wednesday, the Hanseatic League leads the list of twelve major cities in terms of life satisfaction with 7.16 points. Frankfurt am Main followed with 7.07 points and Munich with 6.90 points. At the bottom of the list of life satisfaction were Bremen with 6.50 points, Dresden with 6.49 points and Leipzig with 6.44 points.
How happy the citizens are is therefore most strongly influenced by satisfaction with their income and the assessment of the city as a business location. The gross domestic product per capita in Hamburg is 64,000 euros, but in Leipzig at the bottom it is only 38,000 euros.
A total of 3,001 people between the ages of 16 and 74 in Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Cologne, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, Leipzig, Dresden, Hanover, Bremen and Essen were surveyed on behalf of the South German Class Lottery from March 30 to April 24. Respondents could give between zero and ten points. The higher the score, the higher the satisfaction.
According to this, the people in Hamburg, Frankfurt and Munich stand out due to above-average personal happiness and a high level of satisfaction, for example, with the business location or the public administration. Berlin came in fourth, somewhat “surprisingly” for the interviewers themselves, with 6.88 points on the satisfaction scale. According to this, Berliners are very satisfied with their life, income and working life, but not with what the city has to offer, especially the administration.
Hannover with 6.75 points, Dsseldorf with 6.69 points, Cologne with 6.65 points and Essen with 6.63 points are in the middle. Stuttgart surprised with a rather weak ninth place with 6.54 points – here the high dissatisfaction with the feeling of togetherness stands out.
The last two places, Dresden and Leipzig, therefore combine a somewhat older population and comparatively weak economic figures. In contrast to Berlin, people in Dresden tend to be dissatisfied with their personal lives, but enthusiastic about their city.