These Are the World's 10 Least Stressful City to Live In-and No. 1 Is an Under-the-radar Tech-savvy Destination

"Money transfer service Remitly set out to find the world's least stressful city to live in. Researchers looked at 170 locations around the globe, focusing on five key metrics to paint a picture of how stressful it is to live in each: the average time to travel 10 kilometers (about 6.2 miles), annual pollution levels, cost of living index, health care quality and accessibility, and a crime index based on perceived safety and security citizens expressed on worldwide surveys."

"Eindhoven is in the North Brabant province of the southern Netherlands, just over an hour away from Amsterdam by train. With primarily modern architecture-and even some futuristic buildings-and a booming tech scene, the city is known for having a youthful, forward-thinking atmosphere. It has an industrious history as the founding place of centenarian electronics and technology company Philips, and today the Brainport Eindhoven region is a bustling hub for tech innovation."

A global evaluation ranked 170 locations using five metrics: average time to travel 10 kilometers, annual pollution levels, cost of living index, health care quality and accessibility, and a crime index based on perceived safety from worldwide surveys. Data sources included TomTom, Numbeo, and IQAir. Eindhoven, Netherlands earned the lowest stress score, 2.34, with other Dutch cities like Utrecht, Groningen, and Rotterdam also in the top ten. Eindhoven features modern and futuristic architecture, a thriving tech scene centered on Brainport and Philips heritage, sustainability goals to use only sustainably generated energy by 2045, and short travel times.

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