Surprising fact: Blacks in the South are more satisfied with their lives than blacks elsewhere

I've been rereadingBlacks See Growing Values Gap Between Poor and Middle Class(pdf), a Pew Report from 2007 that I think gets too little attention for its implications, I spotted something that's irrelevant to my current concerns, but still interesting: In general, blacks who live in southern states are more satisfied with their lives than are blacks who live in other regions. Seven-in-ten