Michigan Hits Top Ten For Party Schools, and Being The Least Happy

There's good news and bad news for Michigan. First the good news, we love to party at college.

The bad news? We're wearing cranky pants. Constantly.

It's a mixed week on the chart scene for our beloved peninsulas. First up, Playboy Magazine released its annual list of the Top Party Schools in the country, and the University of Michigan placed tenth. Saying 'Michigan loves it booze', the skin mag turned web site honored the Wolverine students' tenacity by claiming that if one house party one gets shut down in Ann Arbor, students will roll the kegs to the party down the street.

Ohio University and the University of Iowa are at the top, ranked #1 and #2 respectively -- with Illinois and Wisconsin also landing in the top 10.

Florida State, Mississippi, Texas and Tulane -- which is in New Orleans -- represent the South with high rankings.

Playboy’s editors put the list together based on stuff like access to nightlife and musical events -- as well as a reader's poll and feedback from the 28 million people who follow Playboy on social media.

Getting on this list -- as well as the list from The Princeton Review -- is really a badge of honor. Is it cooler to be recognized for being a top party school, or to win a big time national championship in sports? Me? I'd want the championship.

In the mean time, financial site WalletHub had some bad news. They placed Michigan in eighth place as the Least Happy state in the union. The site says they reached this conclusion based partly on Michigan's low per capita income. But other factors colored us sad like the lack of a pleasant state of being and bad scores in physical health, job satisfaction, environment, social connectivity and general outlook on life.

Wow. Why not dump it all on us at once.

Having lived on both the West and East Coast, I can honestly tell you that last category is deceiving. Sure, Michiganders will bend your ear about how bad things are, but when it gets down to picking ourselves up and getting back in it, there is no people on earth better than the people of this state.

So let me just say, suck it, WalletHub, and go to Utah, where it's supposed to be so great. I'll stay here and wallow with my Michiganders anyday over that boring stretch of desert.