This article on CNN is great. You always hear about how uptight New Englanders are, but I guess we aren't as uptight as those "cool" people on the west cost. Look at this list:

• MOST STRESSFUL CITIES
  
• 1. Tacoma
  
• 2. Miami
  
• 3. New Orleans
  
• 4. Las Vegas
  
• 5. New York
  
• 6. Portland
  
• 7. Mobile, Alabama
  
• 8. Stockton-Lodi, California
  
• 9. Detroit
  
• 10. Dallas
  

Of this list of 10 cities that are said to be the most stressful (based on "commute times, alcohol consumption and self-reported mental health" and "suicide, unemployment, theft and gloomy weather") only one is even on the eastern seaboard, and that is NYC. One! And there are three on the west cost! And six in warm climates! It looks like the secret to avoiding stress isn't calming down, it's living in New England. I knew there was a reason I didn't want to live anywhere else. I'd probably go crazy.