Salt Lake is the place . . . to pull your hair out

September 20, 2008

Usually listed as one of the best places in the country to do business and cited for its relatively robust economy, Salt Lake City now has made another Top 10 list: one of America's most stressful metropolitan areas.

In fact, Salt Lake City is ranked as the eighth most stressful place among the 40 largest U.S. metropolitan areas, according to Forbes.com, the Web site of Forbes magazine.

In a story posted on Friday, Forbes.com cited "quality of life indicators" that placed Salt Lake City in the Top 10 for stress. Those are housing affordability, unemployment, the cost of gasoline, air quality, the number of sunny days and population density.

By Tom Harvey The Salt Lake Tribune

Full Story: http://www.sltrib.com/business/ci_10514572