We know a thing by its opposite. Hot Means Nothing without cold, and since im traveling the world to explore the nature of happiness and my own struggles to find it, i decide to visit an unhappy place. And if im going to do unhappy, i want somewhere that does it with panache and takes pride in its wallowing, somewhere full of beautiful expressions like, i dont want to feel good. I just want my neighbor to feel bad. [upbeat acoustic music] welcome to bulgaria. [nicky blitz blast off] getting too close, better pull on back what if i travel the world, exploring what makes some places happier than others . Need a onetwo. Im looking at the ways that where we are. Yeah, im acomin, im acomin affect who we are. Whoo, im acomin im acomin, yeah. Its been said that the search for happiness is the chief source of unhappiness. Im acomin, im acomin. Well, thats okay. Im already unhappy, so ive got nothing to lose. Lets go lets all blast off [projector humming] [upbeat music] where are we . Somewhere
- holy hell, have things changed since then. [quirky music] bulgaria ranks 85th on the world happiness report, smack dab in the middle. when you adjust for income, bulgaria, a member of the european union, suddenly ranks near the absolute bottom. - i m a really happy person, and that s not a common answer here in bulgaria. - the air is very polluted. it s a problem. - [speaking bulgarian] - there are bumps in the roads, holes in the sidewalks. - political problems. - someone may push you in the metro. - older people are really more pessimistic. - we complain to each other all the time, and then after we exchange complaints, we say, let s go to have a beer together. we have to discuss this. - i hold a black belt in dwelling on the negative, so i knew bulgaria would be the ultimate place to be amongst my fault-finding brethren.