By geo-specific screenings of over 5 million tweets conducted through TensiStrength, a system that gauges the stress, anxiety, and frustration levels of individual tweets. TensiStrength, which was developed by a Wolverhampton University professor, revealed two other locally relevant findings in its scan of the country's 100 most populous cities: Minneapolis is the sixth least-stressed city and Minnesota in the third least-stressed state. Let these revelations act as yet another soothing salve on your already chilled-out soul.
The following are examples of tweets that triggered the highest stress rating on TensiStrength's -5 (very highly stressed) to 5 (highly relaxed) scale (excuse the Anglotastic phrasing of that last one):
- "My job makes me f****** anxious and not even working right now"
- "My back hurts when in the middle of my work. My back hurts horribly when on my days off"
The most stressed U.S. cities, via Babylon's study:
1. Hialeah, Florida - 13.03% of tweets deemed stressed out
2. San Bernardino, California - 12.87%
3. North Las Vegas, Nevada - 12.76%
4. Mesa, Arizona - 12.59%
5. Chula Vista, California - 12.03%
6. Bakersfield, California - 11.96%
7. Toledo, Ohio - 11.92%
8. Stockton, California - 11.91%
9. Santa Ana, California - 11.89%
10. Riverside, California - 11.86%
Least stressed cities:
91. Lincoln, Nebraska - 8.84%
92. St. Louis, Missouri - 8.75%
93. Spokane, Washington - 8.74%
94. Cincinnati, Ohio - 8.69%
95. San Francisco, California - 8.67%
96. Minneapolis, Minnesota - 8.49%
97. Lexington, Kentucky - 8.34%
98. Madison, Wisconsin - 7.99%
99. Glendale, Arizona - 7.37%
100. Saint Paul, Minnesota - 2.56%