Should “Sin City” be renamed “Stress City?”
As reported by CBS news, High Unemployment, Poor Health and Long Work Hours Put Sin City at Top of Forbes Ranking. To create its list, Forbes factored in unemployment rates, long commute times, long working hours, limited health care, poor physical health and low exercise rates.
To 36 million tourists per year, Las Vegas is a place to blow off steam and get away from the pressures of daily life. But residents of the city are far from carefree. The housing crisis and recession hit the city hard, and it currently has a 14.5% unemployment rate, the highest of all the cities we studied – Forbes.com.
So if you don’t care about being stressed and love hot sun and sin, Las Vegas is the place to be.
