
You think a McMansion will make you happy.
你認為豪宅會使你快樂
What could possibly be more satisfying than ditching that old starter home you and your spouse moved into during your broke newlywed years?
還會有什么比甩掉那個你和你的配偶在一窮二白的新婚那幾年搬進的老簡易房更令人滿意?
Two studies cited in "Happy Money" prove otherwise.
在《快樂金錢》中提到的兩項研究中提到證明都證明了相反的結論 。
When researchers followed groups of German homeowners five years after they moved into new homes, they all wound up saying they were happier with their newer house. But there was one problem: They weren't any happier with their lives. The same was true in a study of Ohio homeowners in which it turned out they weren't any happier with their lives than renters.
當研究人員追蹤一組德國房主搬進新居后的五年,他們都說因為他們的新房子而更加快樂 。但是有一個問題:他們對自己生活沒有更滿意 。同樣的是在一個俄亥俄州房主的研究中,他們對自己的生活的幸福感還趕不上租房者 。