A week or two ago I posted that Tacoma was listed as the most stressful in the nation. Well, another computation says that it's not Tacoma, but Galveston.

Galveston is a neat enough place to visit. There are beaches (or what passes for a "beach" around here), there's the Strand. But there is something a little bit unsettling about the place, so this doesn't surprise me. There's a ton of homeless people and, as the Houston Press spotlighted recently, a ton of icky prostitutes.

Residents, however, strongly disagree:

The article appeared in the November issue of Self Magazine. Based on several factors compiled and mathematically formulated, Galveston, according to Self, is the most stressful place to live in America.

"I couldn't think of anything further from the truth," said Mike Dean of Yaga's Café.

It didn't sound right to us, either. So we decided to try and find some of the more stressful jobs in Galveston County, and we decided doing autopsies would be somewhat stressful.

Chief Medical Examiner Stephen Pustilnik told Eyewitness News, "This is one of the least stressful places I've lived and or worked. And I enjoy it tremendously."

Lifelong islander Vic Maceo heads up the beach patrol. It may seem like easy living, but he has to make sure 5 million visitors a year don't drown.

He said, "If we were any more laid back, we'd never get anything done."

Not having spent much time their first-hand, I can't say much about it except that the ferry is to die for.

[via Callie]