THE North East of England is officially the most unhappy region in Britain.
Geordies are more dissatisfied with their area than anyone else, blaming poor roads and dodgy Wi-Fi.
Those in Northumberland, Durham and Tyne and Wear also moan about a lack of good GPs and there not being enough well-paid jobs, new research reveals.
Coming in just ahead is the West Midlands, followed by the North West in 10th position and Yorkshire and the Humber 9th.
But taking the top spot as the happiest region of all is the West Country.
Residents in sunny South West England are the most content with where they live, according to the poll.
Three quarters of people in Bristol, Cornwall, Dorset, Devon, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire seemingly wouldn't want to call anywhere else home.
This is closely followed by the South East, where 73 per cent of people describe their neighbourhoods as jolly places to live.
This includes Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Surrey and West Sussex.
And bronze goes to London, the UK's largest city, home to about nine million people.
What makes these regions better than the rest is apparently good connections.
It all comes down to having a good doctor's surgery nearby, access to parks, and reliable mobile phone signal.
Decent Wi-Fi, roads without potholes and above-average employment prospects also don't go amiss.
Despite the North East coming out as the unhappiest region, Newcastle was named the most welcoming city – with 35 per cent of people using the word 'friendly' to describe it.
Sheffield, Birmingham, Cardiff and Brighton were the only other UK cities where 'friendly' was selected as one of the top three associated terms.
Respondents voted Glasgow 'historical', Sheffield 'industrial', and predictably London as 'expensive'.
They also described Brighton as 'lively' and Cardiff as simply 'rugby'.
The survey of 20,000 people was carried out by Legal & General as part of its Rebuilding Building Britain Index.
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