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Wow. What a life. Makes you wonder, are they more/less happy than us in our technology/busting cities lifestyles?

Pretty sure you'll find a lot of people lonelier via social medias than these people on remote places.

On the other hand, life might be harder for people who don't fit in well and then don't have anywhere else to socialize; the lack of privacy and constant gossiping probably doesn't help either. I grew up in a 1000-people village (not on an island though) and experienced this to some extent, but would imagine this to be much worse in such tiny communities.

I've lived on a remote island and now live in a big city surrounded by more cities. Your question doesn't make sense to me. It's like asking which group of people have better health, people whose first names are longer than their last names or the other way around.

I’d be very surprised if per capita suicide rates aren’t lower on Faroe than in Denmark. Community reduces loneliness, industrial society leads to anomie and isolation. Isolation and anomie make suicide more likely.

You assert that because one key aspect of human need is improved that others arent harmed in equal measure at the same time.

Who knows which is a larger factor in suicide. Social Pressure from being bullied by your only community is probably a stronger force than loneliness.

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