From long working days to concerns about getting onto the property ladder, modern day life comes with many stresses. But where are you likely to find the most stressed out capital cities?
Whilst the hustle and bustle of life in a capital can be exciting, Lenstore Institute in the UK has revealed where the most stressed out people reside in as part of a research proving that stress has detrimental effect on our eyesight.
With an average monthly salary of $455 and just 1,328 hours (55 days) of sunshine a year, Bogotá, the capital of Colombia, is the most stressed out capital in the world.
This is followed by Athens which received the lowest score when it comes to the quality of green spaces and parks (27.14) and Mexico City in third place where residents spend 2,622 hours of the year working, the highest out of any other capital city in the world. Rome is the fifth most difficult city to live in in terms of financial stress followed closely by Ankara in Turkey in sixth place.
San Jose, Seoul, Paris and Jerusalem are the most expensive cities to live in and Santiago is also in the top 10 of places that do not offer their residents enough de-stressing outlets such as green spaces in the city, equal opportunities and financial stability, health security and coverage but have instead – like the Athenian capital – high noise and pollution rates, expensive real estate, unbalanced and excessive work hours, high unemployment rates and low average monthly salaries.
Jerusalem is the most expensive city to live in the top 10, while Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, is the least stressed out capital in the world, followed by Helsinki and Reykjavik while Australia’s Canberra sits in seventh place of the most comfortable cities to live in with one of the lowest ratings in stress factors worldwide.