Lauren Hepburn studies Ottawa neighbourhood satisfaction relevant to bird species in the area
It鈥檚 not surprising that people who live in more prosperous neighbourhoods are more likely to report feeling happy about their lives. Or that people who live in leafy communities or close to water are more likely to feel satisfied about where they live.
But Lauren Hepburn, a graduate student in biology at 杏吧原创 University, also found that people who live in Ottawa neighbourhoods were there is a 鈥渞ichness鈥 of bird species are also more likely to give their communities high marks for satisfaction 鈥 even if it鈥檚 not an affluent neighbourhood.
See in Ottawa Citizen.