Carlisle, Happiest City in Britain

My Dad (@wartsandhall) sent me this email:

Subject: Making Better Places. Wellbeing. Some clues here..?

I like the following quote, and also note the size of Carlisle at 70,000.

Quote:
"The presence of wildness on the doorstep, and the resultant sense of a connection with the natural world, was one. 

Even on a grey Friday in February, the big Cumbrian skies are a powerful presence. 

This is a city you can always see the edges of. 

One lifelong resident I spoke to, Liz Robson, a retired machinist and nursery nurse, put this well: whenever she returned from the night glare of Manchester, she says, "I know I am home because here all the lights are out."

http://m.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/feb/18/carlisle-happiest-city-britain?cat=uk&type=article