Population Density & Decreased Happiness

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“I could jump right off this,” I thought, as I ran across a bridge that stretched over the Colorado river. In a not-so-macabre way, I’ve thought thoughts like this a lot. I could turn my steering wheel into a guardrail. I could fall off the side of a mountain. I could step off a curb at just the wrong time. I could slice my hand off while cutting…