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Neighbors can impact your happiness, a study suggests.

CHICAGO - When realtor Kate McClelland moved into her craftsman style bungalow in Mayfair 10 years ago, she had no idea it would turn out to be a such a great spot for her. A long-term suburbanite, she moved to the Far North Side area after a divorce, having never lived in the city. The move proved fortuitous.

"I ended up with neighbors on either side of me that sort of decided that they were going to help take care of me," McClelland said. "There was an adult son and his elderly father living on one side of me and an elderly mother with an adult son

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