Just look at the high cost of living, particularly in relation to car ownership and housing here. The financial burdens associated with property ownership, marriage and starting a family as well as the perceived lack of a promising future for young S'poreans are creating mental health issues for them. This is why there is no way that S'pore is the 3rd happiest city in the world an according to the Institute for the Quality of Life's latest Happy City Index, unless only CECAs were interviewed.