Wow never would have expected it, these lists are very subjective IMO.
I have spent several weeks in both locals (well in the case of Miami, Fort Lauderdale) and they did not seem particularly stressful. In fact I was always kind of jealous of engineer colleagues who owned homes with boat launches on the intercoastal (they would tell me of their diving trips over the weekend when I came in on Mondays LOL).
In contrast I have run into some very uptight and in your face people in OC.
