Cleveland Makes Top Five In USA -

[Jim O'Bryan]

America's Most Stressful Cities 2009
By Sarah Lynch, Forbes.com
Aug 21st, 2009

Sinking property values, high unemployment and prices, and poor environments add to the pressure felt by residents in these metros.

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

"I think anybody who, like I do, commutes on the Kennedy on a daily basis knows exactly what stress is," he says, of his daily home-to-work commute on Chicago's expressway that extends from the Chicago Loop to O'Hare International Airport. "It takes anywhere from 30 minutes to several centuries--at least subjectively."

In Depth: America's Most Stressful Cities
But more pressing factors make Chicago for the second year in a row the country's most stressful city. Crowding, poor air quality, a high 11% unemployment rate and free-falling home values have created a cocktail of constant worry affecting many in the Windy City.

Los Angeles, Calif., ranks second, followed by New York, N.Y., Cleveland, Ohio, and Providence, R.I.

Red the entire story here:
http://realestate.yahoo.com/promo/americas-most-stressful-cities-2009.html

Perhaps they do not know about Euclid Corridor, or our plans to join Cleveland, Akron,
Youngstown as a massive base for, er, ahhhh, errrrr...



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