Place Dissatisfaction and the Spatial Cost of Unemployment | The Flourishing Journal The Flourishing Journal Work & Place Global Flourishing Study  ·  Employment & Place Satisfaction Place Dissatisfaction and theSpatial Cost of Unemployment The unemployed are the least place-satisfied group on earth — ranking below immigrants, the divorced, and the young. They have not moved. Their city has not changed. Something else has. Global Flourishing Study data across 22 countries illuminate what unemployment actually costs, and why income replacement is only part of the answer. Victor Counted The Flourishing Journal May 2026 9 min read 65% Unemployed satisfied with their city #34 Lowest of all demographic groups studied 84% Employed…