"I'm not angry. I'm just roasting
chestnuts on an open fire."
Posted on 08/15/2006 8:56:23 PM PDT by stainlessbanner
A study conducted by Men's Health magazine has found that Orlando, Fla., ranks No. 1 on a list of the angriest cities in the nation.
"Orlando has never been a strategic military target, and yet the folks there are furious," the magazine said.
The magazine looked at the percentage of men with high blood pressure, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and FBI rates for aggravated assaults, as well as workplace deaths from assaults and other violence.
Those numbers were compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Traffic congestion data were also a factor.
Orlando was joined in the top 10 by three other Florida cities -- St. Petersburg, Miami and Jacksonville.
Top 10 Angriest Cities
1. Orlando, Fla.
2. St. Petersburg, Fla.
3. Detroit
4. Baltimore
5. Nashville, Tenn.
6. Wilmington, Del.
7. Miami
8. Memphis, Tenn.
9. Jacksonville, Fla.
10. St. Louis
Entire Article (external link) HERE
I lived in the City of Rochester for the past 10 years. I miss Rochester and the Finger Lakes but I don't miss NY State government! I should have moved here to New Hampshire years ago!
Florida has so many northern immigrants that the confederate soldier statues in all of the squares in all of the little towns in GA have been turned from facing north to facing south.
#4
Stupid, out on probation, tattooed knuckelhead on meth driving around in a pickup,
posing as a contractor. Baltimore must have thousands of them.
Disney World - "The Angriest Place on Earth"
It's the waitng on lines that is getting to them.
message to the terrorists...we're #11...don't mess with us!!!
Seattle at #43...THAT, I can see. It's so full of liberals that hate Bush, I'm surprised it's not higher!
But little ol' Spokane, WA, my hometown...#68?????
Being a born-and-raised Spokanite, that shocks me to no end. I NEVER saw anyone really angry there, EVER. I wonder what happened?
Not surprising. Have you ever spent a long hot day and the Magic Kingdom with a couple of young kids? :^P
Nope .. I couldn't handle Hersey Park .. I knew there was no one I could handle that many people all at once
After all, Disney World is there.
That is a great concept! Is it true?
I investigated a bit. More like 70% live in the top 100 MSA's.
Details on Top 100, for those interested, based on July 04 Census Bureau stats (sorry about the formatting - maybe someone could do better?):
MSA/State/Rank/Cumulative Population/Cumulative Percentage/MSA Population.
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ-PA 1 18,709,802 6.83% 18,709,802
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana CA 2 31,635,132 11.54% 12,925,330
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet IL-IN-WI 3 41,026,647 14.97% 9,391,515
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington PA-NJ-DE-MD 4 46,827,261 17.08% 5,800,614
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington TX 5 52,527,517 19.16% 5,700,256
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach FL 6 57,889,240 21.12% 5,361,723
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown TX 7 63,069,683 23.01% 5,180,443
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria DC-VA-MD-WV 8 68,209,232 24.88% 5,139,549
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta GA 9 72,917,529 26.60% 4,708,297
Detroit-Warren-Livonia MI 10 77,410,694 28.24% 4,493,165
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy MA-NH 11 81,835,343 29.85% 4,424,649
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont CA 12 85,989,213 31.37% 4,153,870
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario CA 13 89,782,294 32.75% 3,793,081
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale AZ 14 93,497,654 34.11% 3,715,360
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue WA 15 96,664,482 35.26% 3,166,828
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington MN-WI 16 99,780,688 36.40% 3,116,206
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos CA 17 102,712,402 37.47% 2,931,714
St. Louis MO-IL 18 105,476,456 38.48% 2,764,054
Baltimore-Towson MD 19 108,115,669 39.44% 2,639,213
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater FL 20 110,703,636 40.39% 2,587,967
Pittsburgh PA 21 113,105,211 41.26% 2,401,575
Denver-Aurora CO1 22 115,435,357 42.11% 2,330,146
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor OH 23 117,572,430 42.89% 2,137,073
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton OR-WA 24 119,636,766 43.64% 2,064,336
Cincinnati-Middletown OH-KY-IN 25 121,694,987 44.40% 2,058,221
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville CA 26 123,711,689 45.13% 2,016,702
Kansas City MO-KS 27 125,637,008 45.83% 1,925,319
Orlando-Kissimmee FL 28 127,498,715 46.51% 1,861,707
San Antonio TX 29 129,352,765 47.19% 1,854,050
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara CA 30 131,094,196 47.82% 1,741,431
Columbus OH 31 132,788,102 48.44% 1,693,906
Las Vegas-Paradise NV 32 134,438,773 49.04% 1,650,671
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News VA-NC 33 136,083,023 49.64% 1,644,250
Providence-New Bedford-Fall River RI-MA 34 137,711,831 50.24% 1,628,808
Indianapolis IN 35 139,333,444 50.83% 1,621,613
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis WI 36 140,849,182 51.38% 1,515,738
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord NC-SC 37 142,323,916 51.92% 1,474,734
Austin-Round Rock TX 38 143,736,187 52.44% 1,412,271
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro TN 39 145,132,066 52.95% 1,395,879
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner LA 40 146,451,655 53.43% 1,319,589
Memphis TN-MS-AR 41 147,701,948 53.88% 1,250,293
Jacksonville FL 42 148,927,329 54.33% 1,225,381
Louisville KY-IN 43 150,128,176 54.77% 1,200,847
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford CT 44 151,312,740 55.20% 1,184,564
Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY 45 152,467,118 55.62% 1,154,378
Richmond VA 46 153,621,435 56.04% 1,154,317
Oklahoma City OK 47 154,765,762 56.46% 1,144,327
Birmingham-Hoover AL 48 155,847,955 56.86% 1,082,193
Rochester NY 49 156,889,454 57.24% 1,041,499
Salt Lake City UT 50 157,908,280 57.61% 1,018,826
Raleigh-Cary NC 51 158,822,960 57.94% 914,680
Tucson AZ 52 159,730,019 58.27% 907,059
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk CT 53 160,633,310 58.60% 903,291
Honolulu HI 54 161,532,903 58.93% 899,593
Tulsa OK 55 162,414,718 59.25% 881,815
Fresno CA 56 163,281,490 59.57% 866,772
New Haven-Milford CT 57 164,127,184 59.88% 845,694
Dayton OH 58 164,972,830 60.18% 845,646
Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY 59 165,818,099 60.49% 845,269
Omaha-Council Bluffs NE-IA 60 166,621,900 60.79% 803,801
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura CA 61 167,419,599 61.08% 797,699
Albuquerque NM 62 168,201,046 61.36% 781,447
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA-NJ 63 168,980,862 61.65% 779,816
Worcester MA 64 169,760,350 61.93% 779,488
Grand Rapids-Wyoming MI 65 170,527,889 62.21% 767,539
Bakersfield CA 66 171,262,735 62.48% 734,846
Baton Rouge LA 67 171,991,466 62.74% 728,731
El Paso TX 68 172,704,592 63.00% 713,126
Akron OH 69 173,406,670 63.26% 702,078
Springfield MA 70 174,094,643 63.51% 687,973
Columbia SC 71 174,774,099 63.76% 679,456
Greensboro-High Point NC 72 175,441,641 64.00% 667,542
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown NY 73 176,105,388 64.25% 663,747
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX 74 176,763,636 64.49% 658,248
Toledo OH 75 177,421,872 64.73% 658,236
Syracuse NY 76 178,075,860 64.96% 653,988
Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice FL 77 178,727,722 65.20% 651,862
Stockton CA 78 179,377,590 65.44% 649,868
Knoxville TN 79 180,024,760 65.68% 647,170
Little Rock-North Little Rock AR 80 180,661,396 65.91% 636,636
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman OH-PA 81 181,251,434 66.12% 590,038
Wichita KS 82 181,836,105 66.34% 584,671
Greenville SC 83 182,419,972 66.55% 583,867
Charleston-North Charleston SC 84 183,003,406 66.76% 583,434
Colorado Springs CO 85 183,579,657 66.97% 576,251
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre PA 86 184,131,188 67.17% 551,531
Madison WI 87 184,662,954 67.37% 531,766
Boise City-Nampa ID 88 185,187,838 67.56% 524,884
Lakeland FL 89 185,712,227 67.75% 524,389
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville FL 90 186,231,614 67.94% 519,387
Harrisburg-Carlisle PA 91 186,750,945 68.13% 519,331
Jackson MS 92 187,268,220 68.32% 517,275
Augusta-Richmond County GA-SC 93 187,783,534 68.51% 515,314
Cape Coral-Fort Myers FL 94 188,297,829 68.69% 514,295
Des Moines IA 95 188,809,707 68.88% 511,878
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford ME 96 189,320,498 69.07% 510,791
Modesto CA 97 189,818,853 69.25% 498,355
Chattanooga TN-GA 98 190,308,462 69.43% 489,609
Lancaster PA 99 190,795,794 69.60% 487,332
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach FL 100 191,274,464 69.78% 478,670
Don't forget, "the forehead" Paul Begala called the Florida panhandle, on election night 2000, "Alabama without the blacks". It was probably a true statement, but the cultural bigotry behind it really ticked me off!
Now those are funny.
BTW, young Mr. Roethlisberger is doing quite well and seemingly fully recovered from this recent accident (must be the good Karma here in the 'Burgh.)
16. Dallas
36. Los Angeles
THERE IS NO F'ING WAY DALLAS SCORED HIGHER THAN LA! I"VE LIVED IN BOTH PLACES AND I KNOW THIS IS COMPLETE BULL$#!+!!! I SEE $#!+ LIKE THIS AND IT JUST MAKES MY BLOOD BOIL!!!!!
Wow you sure did a lot of work! I was mostly joking around about statistics and how they can be used to make almost any claim. This kind of statistic (most agriest cities) is almost comical imho - esp at the top of the list. Just look at the factors they use. High blood pressure? That ensures that cities in Florida and Arizona will rank higher simply because they have retirement communities and the elderly tend to suffer more from hypertension. Then add in "workplace deaths" and you might find a town with a coal mine move up the scale even if the people are quite friendly.
Put simply, hypertension is a disease not related to a person's anger. Workplace deaths are subject to anomolies or to a predominance of more hazardous jobs. Neither one really tells you how angry or friendly the population is.
But I appreciate your work. So there you have it... 70% of Americans live in the 100 angriest cities. Therefore, more than 2/3's of Americans are angry. :-)
So, did the Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce pay him off or what?
Ooops! How did that happen!? I was just kidding about Ben. I am glad he came through healthy from a potentially life threatening accident. The best team and quarterback won the Super BOWL this year!
Orlando beat out Detroit? I'm stumped on that one. Must be the mouse.
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