Orlando, Florida Named 'Angriest City' In U.S. (Top 10 Cities Inside)

[matcom]

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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.

http://www.wftv.com/health/9681978/detail.html

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

[SlavesandBulldozers]

1. fucking lies!!!

<-----lives in Orlando

seriously though, traffic, heat, no discernible sense of community, low pay - what's there to smile about?

[matcom]

2. you OBVIOUSLY need anger management

:D

[SlavesandBulldozers]

4. you should have come to the Orlando meet-up

lotsa DU'ers expressed interest, only one other showed. LOL!

[DrDan]

12. live nearby - Port Orange

but lived in Longwood for several years, so I can claim knowledge of Orlando

don't forget thousands of tourists clogging the roads, restaurants, etc

bugs

Tom Feeney

Ric the Dick Keller

Bud Hedinger

I4

Tomorrowland

hurricanes

there is good reason for the high blood pressure in the Orlando area

[SlavesandBulldozers]

24. Longwood.

my hometown of sorts. LOL.

Longwood hasn't changed in pretty much 20 years, as the rest of what were once cattle towns have grown up (Lake Mary and Sanford for instance) Longwood, in all of its Red infinite wisdom - has chosen to stay in the stone age.

[Fleshdancer]

3. I would like to point out that Texas cities are NOT on this list

We may have our fair share of nuts, but at least they're not angry nuts. :D

[ceile]

19. Suprising, but not.

You'd think with the oppressive heat we'd be out yellin' at each other all the time.

[Fleshdancer]

21. That's the first thing I thought of too

My guess is that we're too heat exhausted to muster up the energy for aggression.

[Radical Activist]

5. So much for that disney happiest place on earth crap

funny

[SlavesandBulldozers]

6. all of Florida's major urban centers are on the list, save Tampa.

and Tampa probably should be on it.

40% of the nation's angriest cities are in Florida. LOL

[cobalt1999]

11. In defense of Florida

It's the out-of-state tourists we are angry with!

[LostinVA]

15. The tourons -- they suck

Once when I lived there, I was driving on I-4 by Downtown Disney, and this car STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE EIGHT ZILLION LANES. A dude jumped out and started taking PHOTOS/ Then his wife and kids got out. I am not lying. I swear.

I had great job, but couldn't take living around Orlando anymore.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

22. im kind of stuck here right now. but plan to move once i get the chance

[SlavesandBulldozers]

23. the out of state tourists are fine with me.

indeed if Orlando didn't have them where would we be? it would be like Chattanooga Tennessee with 100 degree weather.

[KFC]

7. Top two and 6 of 10 are located in the South

They must be pissed off because they are such rednecks.

[matcom]

10. ...

:rofl:

[XNASA]

8. FUCK!!!!!!!

Missed it by one.

[Smudge]

9. But, But But...

Disney is in Orlando. How can anyone be angry, IT"S THE HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH!

(Lives very close to Orlando)

[LostinVA]

13. You drive on I-frigging-4 every day, and see how YOU feel

And I only lived there for nine months eight years ago. OMG. Horrible. And all the damned crazy tourists. And crime. Insane!

I ahve NEVER lived in a city or town where there wan't back ways to get around town.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

25. I-4

these leaders are hell-bent against any sort of rail. the solution? more lanes for I-4. its a madhouse.

[ScreamingMeemie]

14. Detroit is not angry...dammit!

It's misunderstood.

[WannaBeGrumpy]

28. WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY!!!!!!!!??????

You wan tme to mess you up?

[underpants]

16. 4 of the top 10 in Florida huh?

:grr:

[RagingInMiami]

29. If your state had Katherine Harris and Jeb Bush

And was Ground Zero for the 2000 stolen election, you would be angry also.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

17. LOL. 4 of the cities are in FL.

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

On edit: Bangor, Maine is number 99 on the "Top 100" list. :rofl:

[qnr]

27. And they're only angry because the Salvation Army keeps locking their

dumpster. Just kidding, but it was funny, I used to live behind the Sally, and after they started locking it at night, it would be set on fire about once a week.

[Initech]

18. Doesnt surprise me at all, especially considering that...

nearly every stupid criminal story I've ever read has taken place somewhere in Florida!

[SlavesandBulldozers]

26. exact;ly. whenever there's a strange story - the smart money is it being

in Florida.

[idgiehkt]

20. man I can beleive that

I visited my parents there for a few days in 1998 and I was ready to kill someone by the time I left.

Hated it, hate it, hated it. Maniac drivers, and the whole town seemed anti-organic; everything seemed plasticized. They lived across from MGM and I would go out to the swimming pool at nite because I love to go swimming at nite, just to float on my back and look at the stars, and I couldn't escape that obnoxious-ass MGM spotlight. I think those stupid things should be outlawed.