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« Nerd nostalgia, Lileks-style | Main | "Little Miss Sunshine" a great ride, but misses opportunity » August 26, 2006Pour One for Robin YountForbes Magazine has named the drunkest cities in America, and perhaps unsuprisingly, Milwaukee, Wisconsin took the top spot. The city that calls itself "The Nation's Watering Hole" ranked number #1 in a survey of the nation's 35 largest cities, as determined by state regulations on alcohol, number of drinkers, number of heavy drinkers, number of binge drinkers, and alcoholism (complete methodology here). Milwaukee had the highest number of adults who reported drinking an alcoholic beverage in the past 30 days (70 percent) and highest numbers of binge drinkers (22 percent). Milwaukee is home to the breweries for Schlitz, Pabst, Miller, and Blatz. Minneapolis-St. Paul, Columbus (Ohio), Boston, Austin, Chicago, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Providence (tie) constituted the top 10. Posted by David Darlington at August 26, 2006 10:31 AM CommentsColor me a bit confused. Wine and beer one can find apelnty here in the Twin Cities. However, my introduction to martinis, Scotch and other "harder" liquors came on the East Coast. The value of this survey is doubtful, at best. Posted by: Mark Sides at August 27, 2006 01:04 AM | permalink Posted by: Petronius at August 27, 2006 07:16 PM | permalink Posted by: Doug at August 28, 2006 10:35 AM | permalink Posted by: JohnS at August 28, 2006 11:07 AM | permalink I was thinking of the drinking when I noted a strong Midwestern representation, but the Midwest also brews a fair share of the nation's beer, it seems. Posted by: Doug at August 29, 2006 01:29 PM | permalink Post a comment |
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