We're now sitting in 11^th place on the World Happiness Report's ranking of the planet's happiness levels, behind Austria and ahead of Costa Rica.

The results are based on a survey that asks citizens to rate the consistency of their personal happiness over three years.

But at a local level, we wanted to know more. So The Daily Advertiser hit the streets on Thursday to ask Wagga residents about their happiness levels and how they can be improved.

Because we're all kids at heart and pranks are the true life 100 emoji.

Sweet, sweet relief.

There's nothing worse than waiting, knowing the end will never come unless someone rolls forward a little and hits that line.

All 36 flavours, is this what heaven looks like?!

And then there's going to Glenfield Maccas and getting what you ordered.

Now you *know* you're dead and this really is the afterlife, and it's amazing. 

You will definitely read about it on Wagga Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down.

All you want to do is pick up that pizza, dammit.

How many times must you and the five cars in front of you do the Baylis > Edward > Fitzhardinge > Morgan > Baylis loop!?

You know you've hit rock bottom when you turn right at the highway and hit up Best Street just so you can come the other way and bust the cycle.

Got everything you need, it's been fun, but get us home.

Breathing and blood pressure will return to normal soon and we've got it on good authority that teeth will actually unclench.

It's just breathtaking.

Beauty might not be everything in life but this is a true exception.

Yeah yeah, we know about 131 008, but it just *feels* like you're getting a quicker result when you call that direct line.

Placebo effect, maybe, but we'll take it.

Everyone wants a cab in the couple of hours before lockout. And then same again if you hit that window when everyone's leaving the late-night partying.

There's a sweet spot in between and you can only pick it when you're out.

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Whether it's so you can catch up with him, cross the street to avoid him because you haven't got time to chat or point out the city's larrikin to your visiting friends.

This is better than winning the lottery, and only just a smidge more likely to happen, statistically* speaking.

(*we've not done the maths, some things you just know)

You'll never appreciate winter as much as you do on these days.

Plus, Zooper Doopers on tap, cold beverages and bragging rights over the coastal complainers and their top of 35.

You'll never appreciate summer as much as you do on the mornings you're scraping ice off the windscreen and peering through fog.

Plus, bonfires, firebuckets and bragging rights.

No more slowing down to 40km/h three times in two kilometres, that's a sweet, sweet 60km/h the whole way for you.

Miracles! That place is too popular to not be prepared.

Doesn't seem to happen much these days, so put the boat in while you can.

Who really wants to stand in that freezing, slodgy mess and watch kids swiftly develop hypothermia (while it hits you slowly) anyway.

Both on the way out - a trip away, yeeha! - and on the way back. Jeez, it's good to be home.

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