The dictionary offers a simple definition of bliss: complete happiness.

Two words! How hard can that be to attain?

Well, a curmudgeon might ask, if it takes only two words to define, how great can it be?

We worked under the assumption that it’s pretty great.

Why else would National Public Radio correspondent Eric Weiner, a self-proclaimed grump, go searching for it in his book The Geography of Bliss? In explaining his endeavor, Weiner writes: “I roam the world in search of answers to the pressing questions of our time: What are the essential ingredients for the good life? Why are some places happier than others? How are we shaped by our surroundings?”

Oh, Eric. There’s no need to roam the world. We went searching for bliss right here in Kansas City, and it wasn’t that hard to find.

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