NEWS: Raise a Glass to America's Drunkest Cities

CULTURE: Raise a Glass to America's Drunkest Cities

Milwaukee residents like their hooch, according to Forbes magazine. The city came in first in a survey of the35 hardest-drinking cities in the U.S., beating out Austin and Las Vegas.

Forbes rated the cities on: state laws, number of drinkers, number of heavy drinkers, number of binge drinkers and alcoholism. Based on that criteria, Milwaukee residents are the nation’s lushes.

The best cities in which to get liquored up:

1. Milwaukee
2. Minneapolis-St. Paul
3. Columbus, Ohio
4. Boston
5. Austin, Texas
6. Chicago
7. Cleveland
8. Pittsburgh
9. Philadelphia
9. Providence
11. St. Louis
12. San Antonio
12. Seattle
14. Las Vegas
15. Denver-Boulder
16. Cincinnati
16. Kansas City
18. Houston
19. Portland
20. San Francisco-Oakland
21. Washington, DC-Baltimore
22. Phoenix
23. Los Angeles
24. New Orleans
24. Tampa
26. Norfolk, VA
27. Dallas-Ft. Worth
28. Atlanta
28. Detroit
30. Indianapolis
31. Orlando
32. New York
33. Miami
34. Charlotte, NC
35. Nashville

Ohio represent!

Lookit that, tied with Texas for the number of entries in the top 25. Two in the top 10, both of them beating out the other deuce, Pennsylvania.

Hey, we beat LA. That's all I care about.

alright, #16! in your FACE, rest of the list!

Fuck yo liver, son!

Milwaukee's Best
Old Milwaukee

Grain Belt
Summit
Schell's
Schmidt
James Page
um ...

Chicago raised and proud.

hell yeah, brew city!

What a sad showing for Vegas. Must be the meth.

We are number fucking 2?! Go twin cities.

Ironic that when I really wanna go on a drunken bender I travel to Milwaukee. Good to know I have my priorities in order.

Been drunk in # 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 22, 24, 27 and 28. Hmmm? Perhaps the local courts WERE right about me.

#15, mofo!

Of course Milwaukee represents the entireity of Wisconsin in spirit. At least for drunkeness.

And I should know, I'm in Madison drunk off my fucking ass right now.

Orlando!!

At least being number two leaves some room for improvement...

It's so lonely at the top.

only #23? balls!

Damn, my hometown beat out Vegas and LA?

Who's fuckin' drinking now, bitches?

23? What the fuck is that about? I need to get on the stick if no one else is.

Damn...only #2?

Personally I don't think 5 drinks is binge drinking; actually average.
Also Forbes is probably the worst source for this misinformation.
Ranking New Orleans 24 is proof of this.
People are very unlikely to tell the complete truth about something that is generally considered to be a vice.
Probably this list shows that Milwaukee drinkers are more honest, but I suspect that they are just braggarts.
But I guess I'm dealing with the idea that the news is news and y'all don't care if it's true. But if I had to live in Milwaukee I'm sure I'd want to drink even more than I do now.

i knew philly would be in the top ten, and i'll certainly drink to that.

well, thanks a lot, professor buzzkill.

Well, Wisconsin's liquor stores are open later than ours are.

Regardless: hell yes, MSP. Repre-fucking-sent.








Hey, though! What the hell am I doing sitting in St. Paul sober right now? What the eff is that?

It's all relative. The US is only the 25th drunkest country in the world. You guys have to get on the ball, and get rid of that whole drinking age thing; your numbers will improve dramatically. Living in a city where we drink the most beer in the world (it is cheaper than water, after all) I must agree with Princelogos, I don't think 5 drinks is binge drinking, we call it "Thursday". Cheers to Luxembourg!

here is the list :
http://www.britannica.com/eb/table?tocId=9390287

Yay, I'm famous!