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Western US: What we worry?

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz of the New York Times crunches the numbers re: how much America worries, based on Google searches. Checking the maps provided in the link below, Idaho and the rest of the West worries less than the national average, with Oregon and Nevada leading the way:

Feeling worried? These days, much of America is. Over the past eight years, Google search rates for anxiety have more than doubled. They are higher this year than they have been in any year since Google searches were first tracked in 2004. So far, 2016 has been tops for searches for driving anxiety, travel anxiety, separation anxiety, anxiety at work, anxiety at school and anxiety at home. More here.

Question: Are you a worrier?

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Huckleberries Online." Read all stories from this blog