Worcester is living up to its history as the birthplace of the smiley face. A recent study named it among the top 20 “smiliest” cities in the country.
HouseFresh, which describes itself as a team of indoor air quality experts, used Microsoft’s face recognition API to scan a database of Instagram photographs from every state and determine which cities and state were the “smiliest” and happiest.
The report found Concord, California was the “smiliest” city in the country with 74.4% of residents smiling in their photos.
Worcester came in as the 18th “smiliest” city with 56.6% of residents smiling in their photos, according to the report.
HouseFresh noted the city as a unique entry among the cities due to its history.
“Worcester is the city where Harvey Ball invented the smiley face. Worcester has nicknamed itself Smile City and even issues Smile City Passports offering discounts and offers at local businesses,” report author G. John Cole wrote. “No smile required, although the odds are you’ll be smiling intensely anyway.”
While Worcester is “smiley,” the state of Massachusetts ranked as the 46th “smiliest” state in the country, according to the report. Only 47.24% of residents in the state were smiling in their photos, the report stated.
Boston, the Bay State’s capital, had 54.24 % of residents smiling in their photos.
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