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Lifestyle
Johnny Diaz

South Florida is home to the most stressed city in the United States. Are you surprised?

Chill out Hialeah, you're the most stressed out city in the U.S.

That's according to a new study by Babylon Health which looked at 5 million Tweets related to stress over a two-week period.

Researchers explored where "people are most likely to Tweet with words relating to stress, frustration and anxiety" as well as negativity and anger on a scale 1 to 5 from no stress to extreme stress.

And a lot of that social media chatter came from Hialeah, which led the country with 13.03 percent of the tensest Tweets.

Could it be from folks grinding their teeth while trying to get on or off the Palmetto expressway or losing money at Hialeah Racing & Casino?

Miami-Dade county's second largest city, fondly called "la ciudad que progresa," among locals, was followed by San Bernardino in California which had 12.87 percent, North Las Vegas, Mesa in Arizona and Chula Vista in California.

Other Florida cities that ranked were Orlando with 9.98 percent of strained Tweets or No. 70; Tampa at No. 73, St. Petersburg at No. 75 and Miami at No. 87.

The study also looked at the most tense-filled states. Leading the country was Alaska with 11.69 percent of Tweets, with Friday and mornings representing the most stressful day and time. Florida came in No. 28 with 9.84 percent of high-pressure related Tweets, which took place mostly on Mondays and mornings.

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