If the pending hiatus of the L train in Brooklyn or theUber shut down in Austinor the welcoming of wildlings in the south of the Wall has your stress out of control , perhaps it ’s time to consider a move to a more chill urban center . A new survey from SmartAsset can help . It pinpointsthe least stressed cities in the U.S.

Much like the 2015 edition of the survey , there are a lot of easy - going city in the upper middle west . Though , this year ’s results branch out a bit more , with cities in Montana , Missouri , and Arizona tally the top 10 . But the concentration is still   in that sweet , maize - filled mecca of topographically challenge tundra .

To produce the list , SmartAsset compile a figure of positive and negative broker , including " mellow rate of forcible activity , a high number of entertainment establishments per 1,000 businesses , and a high modal act of hour of sleep per night . " For the disconfirming divisor , the survey weighed " hours of work per workweek , length of commute to oeuvre in minute , the unemployment pace , the bankruptcy rate , the ratio of housing costs to median income , and the divorcement rate . "

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Topping the inclination was Boulder , Colorado . It jumped from fourth in the 2015 leaning to most relaxed metropolis in the land , and it draw high on the list did n’t even factor in in that the city can actually get high-pitched legally .

Also notable is that Wisconsin is the only state with two metropolis in the top 10 . In fact , both Madison and Eau Claire social status in the top five . It ’s all that Bon Iver they ’re getting in Eau Claire that put them up to number five after not even being rate in the top 25 last year .

At the bottom of the leaning , there ’s lots of Florida going on . Miami , Miami Gardens , Pompano Beach , and Hialeah all range in the bottom 10 . New Jersey is the only other state with at least two city in the bottom 10 ( Newark and Union City ) .

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Once the survey branches out into the top 25 , more states outside of that initial concentration pop up . California , Texas , Utah , Illinois , North Carolina , and New Mexico are among the states that get some love in that pigeonholing .

Now that you ’ve got this in a prissy , easy to peruse list , no need to gofull Howard Beale . Just pack up your clobber for the easy living of Iowa City . You ’ll be problem free until the next presidential primary winding .

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