--- description: Answer these 13 questions and find out title: Quiz: How Does Your Commute Affect Your Happiness? image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Quiz: How Does Your City Affect Your Happiness?  by [Chris Wilson](/author/chris-wilson/)  ## Chris Wilson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 20, 2014 10:30 AM CUT  by [Chris Wilson](/author/chris-wilson/)  ## Chris Wilson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 20, 2014 10:30 AM CUT  In his book [_Happy City_](http://thehappycity.com/the-happy-city/ "undefined"), Charles Montgomery offers evidence that where you live has a powerful effect on how you feel. From our commutes to our neighbors and our daily routines, where we choose to live can influence our feelings in ways most of us never imagine.  The following quiz will ask you 13 questions about your life. After answering each one, you’ll see how thousands of others have answered the same question. This survey will help us reveal new insights about the relationship between cities and happiness. All responses are completely anonymous. The quiz was developed by Montgomery, [Chris Barrington-Leigh](http://wellbeing.ihsp.mcgill.ca/ "undefined") of McGill University, along with TIME. The data for average happiness scores will update as more readers take the survey. Current results based on 3,302 respondents. Data may also be used for a future study by Barrington-Leigh on happiness across the United States. _Read next:_ [_What Your Zip Code Says About You_](http://time.com/3513053/zip-code-esri/?xid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3510632/happiness-quiz/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3510632/happiness-quiz/"},"headline":"Quiz: How Does Your City Affect Your Happiness?","datePublished":"2014-10-20T10:30:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:42:48.526Z","description":"Answer these 13 questions and find out","url":"https://time.com/3510632/happiness-quiz/","keywords":["Living","Work","Happiness","commuting"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Chris Wilson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/chris-wilson/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3510632/happiness-quiz/","name":"Quiz: How Does Your City Affect Your Happiness?"}}]}] ```