城市生活中，是什么让我们感到幸福呢？

what makes for a good society, with well-off, happy people? Of course, there’s no simple and straightforward answer. But a new Yale study found that communities that offer racial diversity, access to preventive health care, and public transportation, are much more likely to report high levels of wellbeing.

在社会中，是什么东西令人们幸福快乐?当然，这个问题没有什么简单而直接的答案。不过耶鲁大学一项最新研究发现，一个能够拥有种族多样性、预防性医疗和公共交通的社会，让人幸福的可能性更高。

Among these attributes, researchers note that access to preventive health care and easily available health centers was towards the top of the list. People also reported sentiments of satisfaction and fulfillment when they can take a bike or public transport to work, compared to others who drove to work.

该研究的研究人员们指出，在以上这些特征中，拥有预防性医疗和方便快捷的医疗中心最重要。相比那些开车上班的人，当人们能够骑自行车或者坐公交车上班时，他们会感到满足。

Also, diversity seemed to also play a key role in overall satisfaction. Living in a community with a higher percentage of black residents was associated with greater well-being for all — something which directly the current approach of many US policymakers.

此外，在总体幸福度方面，种族多样性也扮演了重要角色。居住在黑人居民比例更高的社区中的人们会更加幸福，美国许多政策制定者会根据这一点来制定政策。

While the study only establishes a correlation and doesn’t directly show that those elements are the source of the wellbeing, the correlation is very strong, researchers say.

该研究只是建立了以上这些因素与幸福之间的联系，并未直接表明这些因素是幸福的来源。不过研究人员们表示，这些因素与幸福之间的联系十分牢固。

“The results of this study represent a step forward in our understanding of how we may efficiently and effectively improve well-being through community-based action,” said Carley Riley, M.D., co-author and assistant professor at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.

辛辛那提儿童医院医疗中心的助教与该研究的共同作者Carley Riley表示：“该研究的结果代表着我们更加理解该如何有效地根据社区行动提升人们的幸福感。”

Researchers hope that lawmakers will take their findings into account and implement suitable policies in their communities.

研究人员们希望立法者们能够考虑他们的研究结果，在他们的社区中实行合适的政策。

“To improve the well-being of a community, you need to work across multiple sectors and fields, to include the economy and health care and urban planning and transportation,” said Roy, who points to examples of communities in Richmond, CA, and Chittenden County, VT, that have taken this approach to health. “Working across different groups, in coalitions, has the greatest potential to improve health and quality of life.”

Roy表示加利福尼亚州里士满市与佛蒙特奇滕登县的一些社区已经采取这种方法来保障居民的健康。Roy说道：“为了提升社区居民的幸福感，你需要调查多个领域，包括经济、医疗、城市规划与交通。与不同种族的人打交道并与之合作，能够最大限度地提升人们的健康与生活质量。”

The study has been published in the journal PLOS ONE.

这项研究已经发表在PLoS One期刊上。