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Houston is No. 1! (most stressful city for workers in U.S)

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  1. B-Bob

    B-Bob "94-year-old self-described dreamer"
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    Grisly, Game of Thrones (early seasons) worthy.
     
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    Just find a job that's WFH....then won't have to worry about any traffic in any metropolitan.
     
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    Imagine living in a city with a moon.
     
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    I live in Kingwood and work on Allen Parkway. Over the years, my stress level has gone down a little each time my commute changes.
    • Drive to work 5 days a week (stress level high)
    • Take Park and Ride to work 5 days a week (stress level lower but more expensive)
    • Work remotely 2 days a week, Park and Ride 3 days a week (stress level down significantly)
    • Work remotely 5 days a week (almost zero stress)
    Even though I'm slightly underpaid for what I do compared to the industry standard, that's a tradeoff I'm willing to accept as long as I get to work from home full time. I haven't commuted to work in 3 years this month and I'll never go back.
     
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  5. Xerobull

    Xerobull ...and I'm all out of bubblegum
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    Bingo.

    Houston has tons of blue collar jobs that you can't do from home. It also still has tons of conservative, older business owners and managers who can't let go of that in-office mindset. So compared to the national average where more and more people WFH, Houston is going to stay at a level it was at 5-10 years ago where many cities have gone down in stress levels.
     
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  6. ThatBoyNick

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    Houston #1, Arlington #2, Dallas #3, Corpus #6, Fortworth #8

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  7. Xerobull

    Xerobull ...and I'm all out of bubblegum
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    Filmed in Austin with H-Town's own Ghetto Boys on the radio. @tinman
     
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  8. dmoneybangbang

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    DFW on there three times?!?!

    No Austin? List incomplete.

    But seriously I prefer houston traffic over Austin
     
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  9. tinman

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    Jennifer Anniston was in it
     
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    These studies that take a basket of metrics that are artfully related at best and then arbitrarily assign weights to them are bs. A lot of smart watches can measure heart rate variability, which is used to measure stress, and someone could aggregate smart watch data by metro to make an actual comparison.
     
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  11. tinman

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    I see these survey people have never been to Los Angeles

    @Xerobull
     
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    I'm about to take a less paying job but is full remote. The time I spend commuting is time away from my 3 & 1 year olds and I'll gladly accept less pay to spend more time with them.
     
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  13. Xerobull

    Xerobull ...and I'm all out of bubblegum
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    No doubt. And the data will be there within 5 years anyway as smart watch health data becomes voluntarily integrated into EMRs. At my last place of employment we were talking about this five years ago. It's just a matter of time.
     
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  14. Xerobull

    Xerobull ...and I'm all out of bubblegum
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    She's not from Houston, she's from Cal-i-for-ni-a. The proto Cali to Austin girl. Mike Judge predicts the future yet again.

    But it was pre-smokerface JA so it gets a point.
     
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    tinman 999999999
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    And she’s working as a waitress like the rest of them
     
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    Htown LFG!
     
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    Work from home and don't schedule any meetings in the city before 10 or after 2. Completely stress free.
     
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    GETO Boys... rep it correctly, son!
     
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    Xerobull ...and I'm all out of bubblegum
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    facepalm
     
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    This song makes me want to do a drive by on my own house. Goatgk 99~
     
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