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This study investigates how the level and distribution of subjective happiness in Seoul has changed during the period from 2005 to 2019. In the first half of the period, happiness in Seoul increased markedly. This is because the happiness of the financial sector increased and the happiness of the less unhappier increased significantly compared to the more happier. During this period, happiness inequality and happiness poverty fell sharply. As happiness increased and became more equal, it could be said that socially desirable results were achieved. However in the second half, the poverty rate of happiness remained at a very low level, but the happiness of the more happier increased further, but the happiness did not increase in the less unhappier. The results of the empirical analysis in our study have implications for urban policies and can inform future research on the causes and consequences of happiness inequality in Seoul.