ATL ranks high in list of most-stressed cities
Feeling stressed out? Move to Salt Lake City. Just avoid Detroit.
They rank as America's least and most-stressed cities , respectively, in an analysis compiled by Portfolio.com/bizjournals. Atlanta came in 13th.
The study evaluated public and private data on unemployment, finances, health, weather, pollution, crime and traffic. A 4.84 percent decrease in the metro area's per capita income from 2008/09 and an average commute time of 30.8 minutes -- fourth highest in the nation -- were key factors in raising Atlantans' stress.
Ranking behind Detroit were Los Angeles, Cleveland, Riverside, Calif., and St. Louis. Austin, Raleigh, Minneapolis-St. Paul and Virginia Beach-Norfolk joined Salt Lake as the country's least-stressed cities.
Ironically, Atlanta finished one spot behind Philadelphia, mirroring the NL East standings. What would you rather have: less stress or a division-winning baseball team?
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A native Atlantan, Boone joined the AJC staff in 2007. He quickly carved out a niche covering crime stories, assuming the public safety beat in 2014. He's covered some of the biggest trials this decade, from Hemy Neuman to Ross Harris to Chip Olsen, the latter of which was featured on Season 7 of the AJC's award-winning "Breakdown" podcast.
