America's Five Most Stressful Cities

ABC News:

Few enjoy their commute. Just ask Stephen Dinwiddie, M.D., a psychiatrist at the University of Chicago.

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[scottMontgomery]

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/blog/ we need to link to the real stress - school has started and shootings by minors has jumped. AGAIN http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/blog/

[local21]

STrEsSEd oUT iN ChicAGo ? NoWAy I'M COol Calm and CoLeCted.

[quindy]

Any big city with good public transportation is my favorite turf. What stresses me out are endless houses and no people in sight. Really scary. I once lived in a small village and couldn't sleep for months because it was so quiet.

[Renshai]

I was a bit disappointed to see how high they ranked sunny days to rainy days for determining stress.

Seattle does have alot of rain... we also have alot of traffic. But driving in Seattle I've found is rather UN-stressful. I'm not sure what it is, but its like the entire city decided at some point that we are just going to have to deal with it and everyone does their part to let people merge, change lanes, etc without the need of honking your horn and stressing out about it.

Having moved out here from an Eastern state, I can say the way people in Seattle interact, makes the city less stressful. (Yes, even on the rainy days)

And alot of rain... means alot of spring flowers. Between the greenery and the scenery, I think there is plenty to pull your mind off of stress.

[PuzzledinPeoria]

Just reading this stresses me out.

[fearelssliving]

I too wonder what Oprah thinks of this. I hope she comments. And, stress is often created by a perspective. I believe you can live anywhere in the world and be stressed out and you can also live in the supposed #1 stressful city in the country and not be stressed out.

[NilesCrane]

Isnt any city with more than a million people stressful?

los angeles should be number one, Unlike New York city and chicago where eveything is within a few blocks, In LA sometimes you have to drive forever to get to where you need to be. Nobody in LA lives less then 20 minutes from work, its just impossible. If you live in pasadena, you have to commute to Down town LA, because you wouldnt be able to afford pasadena if you worked there. If you live in Burbank you would have to commute to Santa Monica, If you live in santa monica, you have to commute to Beverly hills or hollywood, if you live in malibu you commute to hollywood...

Nobody lives in the town where they work, and with so many people on the road at the same time everyday, in terrible smog and 100 degree heat, everyone gets stressed...

nobody is stressed in Vegas...you cant be stressed when you wake up at 4pm everday...

[Chicagofan1]

Chicago is a tough city to live in, but so much fun. Love Chicago.
Been in many large cities in the world and every time come to the conclusion that there is no place like Chicago.

[MrPragmatic]

The criteria used to determine the most stressful cities is idiotic. First, why lose points for density? Great cities are urban and densely populated. The density is what makes downtown Chicago and its neighborhoods walkable. Second, why lose points for cloudy days? What about Phoenix where there are few cloudy days but in that city there are more than 100 days each year where the temp reaches past the 100 degree mark. I am from Chicago (and miss it) and live for now in Phoenix. Phoenix is way more stressful than Chicago because you can't walk anywhere and the heat 4 months out of the year keeps you locked in anything that has a/c. And BTW, I don't know where Forbes got its information about housing prices. The hardest hit citities were Phoenix and Vegas. Chicago's home prices have not fallen as much as Phoenix.

[ekoorb]

Kudos to Detroit: not crowded, no rush-hours of commuters going to work. $100 houses can't lose much value. I'm not unsympathetic with Detroit, just tired of thoughtless compilations.

[MrPragmatic]

Right on.

[47th]

Chicago is clearly a very stressful place, but isn't every big city?

[stav506]

Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. - Ferris Buehler

And where did he have all his fun? CHICAGO!

People need to take this sage advice from the late John Hughes (a Chicago-area native). Slow down, relax and enjoy yourself. Life is too fleeting. Be sure to enjoy it.

[Hartmut Rast]

There's a German proverb which says" Don't believe the figures / statistics which you don't have faked by yourself" Therefore, change the factors in your evaluation and than Chicago will become officially my most beautiful city in the U.S.

[fredy valle]

Chicago's a great place.. and has a lot of potential to improve in many ways... Getting rid of the Daley corruption machine would be a great start...

I've never met half of the amount of amazing, intelligent, down to earth and creative people as I have in Chicago... it's a huge metropolis but lots of people manage to retain some resemblance to human beings.. unlike many of the creatures I've met in NY, LA or Miami ...

[BVictor1]

There's corruption in every city, but at least in Chicago, things get done. Look at Detroit, Cleveland or St. Louis and say that...

[47th]

You don't have to go far in Chicago to find communities that are not benefitting from Daley's corruption!

[crookedcountyillinois]

I'm sure the ridiculously unfair taxes have nothing to do with it:

http://www.chicagogop.com/blog/1560-test-1560.html

[BVictor1]

It's the taxes of Cook County that wre extremely high. That has nothing to do with Daley, that's the county board/government. They tried to roll back the tax yesterday, but one of the commissioners who was going to vote to repeal the tax, changed her mind. She represents on of the suburban districts.