LA ranks second on list of country's most stressful cities

(...) Forbes, whose website comes out with provocative lists like this all the time, rated cities' tension levels based on statistics and surveys about six things that can cause stress.

The L.A.-Orange County area's poor showing had something to do with residents' work lives: We drive the sixth-longest home-to-work commutes in the country. We clock the 26th-longest work weeks. We have the seventh-worst unemployment rate.

Perhaps surprisingly – given Southern California's health-conscious image – a survey showed L.A. residents are the absolute worst when it comes to physical well-being, with 22.8 percent of Angelenos calling their health less than good. We're 11th-worst at getting exercise. We have the second-worst access to health care.

Bigger irony: Forbes says America's most stressful town is Las Vegas. Remember, the magazine isn't talking about what it's like for tourists. This is about the residents, and Sin City suffers from a housing crisis and 14.5 percent unemployment.

Riverside, at No. 5, is the only other California city in the top 10.