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America's Most Stressful Cities

America's Most Stressful Cities



In a new list by Forbes, the most stressful cities in America are Chicago, New York, Detroit, Los Angeles and San Fransisco.  To find them, Forbes examined “the country’s 40 largest U.S. Census-defined metropolitan statistical areas and looked at quality of life indicators. What are the biggest causes of city-strees? “It’s “bedrock security issues” like housing affordability, job security and cost of living drive anxiety, says Edward Hallowell, M.D., a former professor at Harvard Medical School and founder of the Hallowell Center for Cognitive and Emotional Health in Sudbury, Mass.”

So, how stressful is the city you live in?

And, if you live in one of these top five cities, our advice to you is to take a deep breath and relax….NOW GET BACK TO WORK!

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