We’re living in the United States of Stress. WalletHub has calculated the most stressed US cities — and it’s bad news for the Midwest and South. Topping the list are Cleveland, Detroit, Baltimore, Memphis and Gulfport, Miss.
“Where you live can play a big role in how stressed you are,” WalletHub analyst Cassandra Happe explained this week. “Cities with high crime rates, weak economies, less effective public health, and congested transportation systems naturally lead to elevated stress levels for residents.” New York City came in No.
36, while Newark placed 15th among 182 metro areas. WalletHub took into account stress from work, finances, home life and health/safety, weighing factors such as job satisfaction, median debt, house affordability , divorce rates, suicide rates, depression diagnoses and foreclosure rates. 49% of Americans recently reported frequently experiencing stress, a sharp increase over the past two decades and the highest rate Gallup has recorded .
Our elevated stress rates are in direct proportion to inflation , spiking homicide rates and the aftershock of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the ubiquity of stress, many people suffer in silence — an estimated three in five adults don’t talk about their stress because they don’t want to stress out others. Stress is bad for the body and bad for business.
According to the American Institute of Stress , workplace-related stress costs the country more than $300 billion annually in healthcare, abse.
