Can humans live happily in space?

Re Sraj's:

"...aim to create three space habs, holding 1000 people each."

and

The next step towards space colonization should try to confirm
that it is indeed possible for humans to put up infrastructure in
space where they can keep themselves occupied and form
lasting social groups. The ambience they create should be such
that they feel like staying there rather than hurrying back to
earth.

I agree with Mike re starting modestly on the moon.

It's true that humans are known for being very "adaptable"
but I think working at 1/6th G will make the creation of "ambience"
and " lasting social groups" a rather dubious enterprise, in fact it
is likely to be annoying enough to make "hurrying back to earth"
a very desirable scenario.

I would rather see a modest Stanford Torus, or even an immodest
Dumb-bell with full gravity for this type of experimentation.

And I suspect it would be a good idea to vet and train future space
workers and colonists in a "Biosphere" type setting before sending
them off-$-$ into space.

RKH