This Is Exactly How Stressed We Are In New Jersey

You might think  New Jersey is the most stressed place on the planet, but a study sheds light on how high our stress level is.

We did an informal survey on what causes the most stress living in New Jersey, and the results won't surprise you.

How Stressed Are We In New Jersey?

What will surprise you is the ranking for stress New Jersey received in a study by WalletHub. We'll get to that in a minute.

First, we want to give you the results of our unscientific research on the top stress producers in the Garden State. It's the prices of every single thing in the state.

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Our cost of living here in New Jersey is through the roof, so it's no surprise that money is the Garden State's #1 stress producer.

Reasons New Jersey Residents Give For Being Stressed

The #2 answer we got was work. Life and work have never been easy to juggle in New Jersey. Trying to balance the two adds more stress to our situation.

And another big vote-getter was traffic. We are one of the most congested places on the planet, and it doesn't take long for traffic and crowded places to wear you down.

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So, it may be a big surprise that the WalletHub study found that New Jersey is not nearly as stressed as we all might think.

The Garden State is only the 44th most stressed state in the nation. That means we are among the least stressed states in the nation.

That is pretty hard to believe. But we'll take it, even if we all know better.