Satisfied city dweller: Jessieca with her daughter. She says she has little to complain about as her life in Putatan has been quite comfortable.
KOTA KINABALU: While a government study has ranked Putatan in the Top 10 happiest places among 114 towns and cities, the state’s capital just 13km away has been ranked the second lowest.
And the residents in Putatan seem to agree with the results of the Malaysian Urban Rural National Indicators Network on Sustainable Development (MURNInets) 2021 Happiness Index study.
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