NEW YORK (Reuters) – Striving to attain that perfect life, work balance? You’re not alone, but if you live in Chicago you’re more unlikely to find it with residents of the Windy City the most stressed in the United states.

A survey by Harris Interactive found Chicago is the most stressed city in the nation, followed Houston, Boston, Los Angeles and San Diego, while Miami is the least stressed, along with Dallas/Fort Worth, Las Vegas, Cincinnati and Minneapolis.

“It is (due) to a combination of different things. There wasn’t one thing that made Chicago stand out but they were the ones who had the least attainment of life balance,” Harris Interactive spokeswoman Regina Corso told Reuters.

“In other cities, some by leaps and bounds, their residents have managed to attain some level (of life balance).”

NEW YORK (Reuters) – It may not seem like it when commuters are shouting down their cell phones to the dismay of other passengers but most Americans believe there are unspoken rules about mobile phone etiquette.

Checking emails, sending text messages and making telephone calls while in the company of others are definite breeches of mobile manners.

Texting during a date is also strictly forbidden.

But most people questioned in an online poll said they would not be offended if they received an electronic thank you, instead of a written note and 75 percent had no objections to anyone using laptops, netbooks and cell phones in the bathroom.