https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/10/03/this-bay-area-city-ranks-second-in-the-u-s-for-best-nights-sleep/ > Getting enough sleep is the key to everything from good health to happiness, say medical experts. Unfortunately Americans are notorious for grappling with insomnia. About 25 percent of us experience acute insomnia each year, according to the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. > Of course, catching some zzz’s can be a complicated matter in our digitally-connected, 24/7 society. You might think that big city residents would suffer the most, plagued with traffic noise, high prices and crime anxiety as they so often are. You’d be wrong. In fact, in a new nationwide study of which city’s residents get the best sleep, the bustling metropolis of San Francisco got second place.