Let’s be honest—life is pretty stressful nowadays. As a whole, we’re all facing new challenges and increasingly difficult times. Whether it’s finances, health, work, or relationship trouble, there are plenty of ups and downs we all experience across one lifetime. But for some reason, the people of Augusta, Georgia have been feeling it a little bit more than most. Check out why Augusta, Georgia has been named one of the most stressed-out cities in America.

The results are in, folks—a ranking of the most stressed-out cities in America has been recently released and Augusta, Georgia ranked 23rd out of 180 cities.
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WalletHub released a study that used 42 different key metrics across four main categories which include financial, family, health, and work stresses.
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Augusta came in 23rd overall, while Columbus ranked 24th and Atlanta ranked 37th.
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The metrics that were broken down into four categories were given point rankings, which is what led to the creation of the list.
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100 possible points were available for each city, which represented the highest levels of stress.
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Things like average weekly work hours, unemployment rate, households behind on bills in the past year, median credit score, child care costs, adults in poor health, adults with depression, and so forth.
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WalletHub used the information collected as a tool for people to check in with themselves and see what they can do to help curb their stresses.
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In addition to providing the statistics, WalletHub also made sure to provide tips from six health experts as to how Americans can cope with daily struggles and stresses.
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What do you think about Augusta being named one of the most stressed-out cities in America? Did your city make the list? Make sure to sound off in the comment section!

Also, if you need a few things to de-stress from day-to-day life in Georgia, we recommend taking a tubing trip to Toccoa or swimming underneath Helton Creek Falls.

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