It seems the homebuyers in Mumbai are not very happy. They are the world’s most unhappy new homeowners, according to an Internet survey by UK firm Online Mortgage Advisor. Those in Atlanta and Sydney rank second and third when it comes to happiness, while homes in Barcelona and Florence provide the most happiness. Like much on the web, the sample data that led to these conclusions did not include questionnaires. Instead, it is a marvel of artificial intelligence.
These ranks were obtained by comparing the level of happiness among recent homebuyers by Microsoft’s Azure facial recognition software in geo-tagged photos posted to Instagram with the average happiness found among users of this image-sharing app Was. The scores obtained by scanning sentiments in this way showed wide variations from city to city. Among the Indian cities on this chart, Surat ranks as the fifth saddest in the world. Our sad performance has been capitalized to an extent by Chandigarh, whose new homeowners are the fifth happiest according to the survey, and Jaipur, whose residents are the tenth happiest. Or so called face scanner. Now, if we can only get Mumbaikars to smile more on social media, we’ll be doing a lot better.
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