Survey Says: Upstate Ranks Fifth in Community Satisfaction, Optimism Ranking

Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, S.C. is ranked fifth in terms of residents being most optimistic about where they live, according to the latest Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index.

Read more of the report on the Gallup-Healthways site.

The rankings, which looked at 190 metro areas in the United States, were based on interviews with more than 350,000 adults living in those areas from January to December 2011. Questions focused on community satisfaction and optimism on a daily basis.

The survey found that 74.2 percent of Greenville-Mauldin-Easley residents said their community is becoming a better place to live.

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Provo-Orem, Utah (76 percent) topped the list, while Lafayette, La. (75.8 percent) and Raleigh-Cary, N.C. (74.9 percent), Huntsville, Ala. (74.3 percent) rounded out the top four spots.

At the bottom of the list was Binghamton, N.Y., with just 27.8 percent of residents saying that it was getting better as a place to live.