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In honor of our unofficial national holiday of drinking, St. Patrick's Day, we thought we'd peruse Men'sHealth Magazine's recent list of America's Drunkest Cities. Top of the list? Denver, followed by Anchorage, Colorado Springs, Omaha and Fargo. Our neighbors to the north in Milwaukee come in at #10. Our fair city comes in at 39th overall, 13th in binge drinking, and 17th in DUI arrests. At least, we think so, as their method of ranking seems kind of convoluted. The magazine provides their methods of figuring out the rankings, though there's no mention of how the performance of a city's professional sports teams affect the rankings.
Of course, lest anyone think we're making light of the situation, we'd like to point out that we're kind of tired of reading some really bad stories about drunk driving over the past several days. So have fun drinking the green beer today, but for the love of all that is pure and holy, be responsible and take the CTA home. Be safe out there, kids.
Okay, we'll get off our soapbox now ...
Photo courtesy of our own Rachelle Bowden
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Didn't they just have milwaukee at #1 last year? These rankings are completely made up, imo.
All you need to see to understand why Denver was chosen is peruse the fine Denver-published periodical, www.moderndrunkard.com
sweet. those were all old styles too!
Liver death should not be number 1. What about people who recover. I think it should be the last ranked issue.
Binge-drinking should be first, even though I have a problem with how binge-drinking is measured. 5 drinks in one sitting equals be 4 nights a week. I do not consider myself a binge drinker.
i dare anyone to try and out-drink someone from michigan.
you can't.
@Celerysalt:
I believe "Michigan" is an old Ojibwa word for "Pussy".
I have heavy money riding on a Wisconsite against a Michigander.
a cheesehead could outdrink someone from michigan without even trying. no contest
please suckers. keep the talk coming - you're embarrassing yourselves.
you know, people actually LIVE in Flint. and in Saginaw. and in Detroit. you don't think they've figured out "coping mechanism"? you don't think they've mastered it?
Plus, there's the Lions.
Yeah, but no matter how many lay offs and crazy mayors they have, Michiganders have never had to cope with the simple embarrassment of being from Wisconsin.
As a bartender in a tourist-oriented establishment, I can assure you, without a doubt, the hardest drinking people in the nation are far and away Wisconsinites. Hell, they even have a law where kids can drink alcohol as long as their parents are with them. KIDS I tell you!
And think about all those classic Wisconsin activities...
-Ice Fishing? Beer.
-Whitetail Season? Beer.
-Packers Games? Beer.
-Pulling Over FIB's? It's Miller Time!
-Shopping for his and hers hunter camo overalls? Beer.
-Snowmobiling? Beer AND Meth.
Fuck, even their baseball team is named for beer makers. I tell you, I stand in awe of their livers. I put them up against Russian grandmothers and Japanese Salarymen anytime.
As Chicagoist's resident Omaha transplant, I'd put the citizens of my former home up against your Wisonsinites, your Michiganders, and your Denverians any day. Remember, you can get drunk imbibing liquids other than beer. Omaha may not be a "brew city" like Milwaukee, St. Louis, or Denver, but liquor is dirt cheap and there is absolutely nothing else to do for 500 miles in any direction. Most people I know from Omaha had a sustained buzz from 13 to 30.
@plumbum:
all of the activities you described are native to michigan, you know. except the packers thing. and tower has a point: try having to sit through Lions games for the last 25 years.
Ontology, I've been to Omaha. I know about the "bad part". Visit Flint. Really. Then get back to me.
ps - plum....we're not going to start flighting over the UP again, are we?