Somewhat Stress Free

I didn't know that we were categorizing our types of stress these days, but here's an interesting article pointing out that Gilbert ranks fourth in communities over 100,000 in ease of economic stress:

Maybe it’s all the sun, palm trees, golf courses, wide streets and desert space. Or maybe it’s the relatively affordable housing, low taxes and rising job creation. It might even be something as simple as most everything being so shiny and new. Whatever the reason, there is little economic stress in Gilbert and Scottsdale, according to recent study by American City Business Journals, the nation’s largest publisher of metropolitan business newspapers. Gilbert ranked fourth and Scottsdale 10th on a list of the least stressful communities with a population of 100,000 or more.

Gilbert ranks fourth and Scottsdale tenth, huh? No surprise there.

The company used a seven part formula to rate socioeconomic stress using raw data compiled by the U.S. Census Bureau. The formula analyzed factors that can affect any city’s stability, such as poverty, unemployment, insufficient education and vacant housing.

As a CPA, I feel plenty of economic stress this time of year, but that's just me. I'm just happy that someone else ranks Gilbert higher than Scottsdale besides me.