Will Angela finally break up with Philadelphia? Is New York really the unhappiest city in the U.S.? And are there trash tornadoes in the metaverse?
Do you punch him in the face?
Do you throw a snowball at him?
I'm Angela Duckworth.
I'm Stephen Dubner, and you're listening to.
No stupid questions today on the show.
Why do people stay in places that make them unhappy?
We are number one, including unhappiness.
Dammit, Angela, I know you to not be a big complainer, but there is something I hear you complain about quite often, which is the place you live.
Philadelphia.
Or as you more commonly call it, Phil Fidelphia.
So my question is, if you're so darn unhappy with the place you live, why don't you just leave?
I'll tell you what I think about Philadelphia.
Philadelphia to me is like a trash tornado.
You put out your trash in Philadelphia, it's generally collected once a week, whatever the day is for your block.
It's supposed to get picked up on that day.
But there are definitely long stretches of time in recent history that it doesn't get picked up for days.
Am I wrong to remember that Philadelphia, thanks to Ben Franklin, was the first city in America with public trash pickup?
Oh, my God.
Is that another Ben Franklin first?
I don't know.