40 Drunkest Cities in the US

OAKAS · Jan 5, 2011

The Daily Beast compiled a list of America's "drunkest" cities. They looked at average alcohol consumption per month, levels of binge drinking and percentage of deaths resulting from alcohol abuse.

The 40 Drunkest Cities in America are:

1. Milwaukee, WI
2. Fargo, ND
3. San Francisco, CA
4. Austin, TX
5. Reno, NV
6. Burlington, VT
7. Omaha, NE
8. Boston, MA
9. Anchorage, AK
10. San Diego, CA
11. Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
12. Denver, CO
13. Providence, RI
14. Sioux City, IA
15. Toledo, OH
16. Hartford, CT
17. Tampa, FL
18. Portland, ME
19. San Antonio, TX
20. Philadelphia, PA
21. Spokane, WA
22. Cleveland, OH
23. Sacramento, CA
24. St. Louis, MO
25. New Orleans, LA
26. Tucson, AZ
27. Buffalo, NY
28. Tallahassee, FL
29. Chicago
30. Seattle-Tacoma
31. Springfield-Holyoke, MA
32. Portland, OR
33. Davenport, IA
34. Phoenix, AZ
35. Cincinnati, OH
36. Las Vegas, NV
37. Baltimore, MD
38. Cedar Rapids, IA
39. Casper, WY
40. Jacksonville, FL

I am so proud of my city.

NUMBER 14 BABY.

billhill999 · Jan 5, 2011

New York City is not there?
Bogus list.

RenoChazz · Jan 5, 2011

Number 5!

RenoChazz · Jan 5, 2011

Reno Ranked 5th for the drunkest yet we came in 7th for worlds safest drivers, thats awesome.
http://www.allstatenewsroom.com/releases/4654-sixth-annual-allstate-america

CoachCB · Jan 5, 2011

Jacksonville sneaks in!!

Home town of Lynyrd Skynyrd and The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party....you'd think it would be a little higher!

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jwblue · Jan 5, 2011

Las Vegas #36?

Must not include tourists.

Not surprised San Diego is #10. I used to live there.

seanm0520 · Jan 5, 2011

Must not include cities with the majority of the drinking population being college students...

BAGIANT · Jan 5, 2011

I got the drunkest I've ever gotten in my life in the #15 town when I was going to college there. I was underage to start with but got served anyway. I was drinking 7-7's, an had 18 of them at .50c a drink. The barmaid had her boyfriend drive me and a friend back to our dorms, and this guy had a brand new Grand Prix that was all white inside and out. The barmaid gave me a glass of tomato juice to try and sober me up. Needless to say, I got sick on the way home, and vomited out the back window. He then had a red "flame" down the side of his car. Never was so embarrassed in my life.

cincy_ · Jan 5, 2011

Bogus list:

How can Morgantown, WV (with WVU) not be there?

How can Baton Rouge not be there?

It makes no sense. There is no way that per capita drinking in New York or Boston is higher than that in those two places.

billhill999 · Jan 5, 2011

I read someplace that University of South Carolina was the drunkenest college.

seanm0520 · Jan 5, 2011

billhill999 said:
I read someplace that University of South Carolina was the drunkenest college.

The holy grail of those lists is from Playboy...they stopped putting WVU on the list because it wasn't fair to put pro's in a list of amateurs, haha. I definitely add to this.

seanm0520 · Jan 5, 2011

cincy_ said:
Bogus list:

How can Morgantown, WV (with WVU) not be there?

How can Baton Rouge not be there?

It makes no sense. There is no way that per capita drinking in New York or Boston is higher than that in those two places.

I think it might be based on sheer quantity. WVU only has about 30,000 students. Not every single one is a drunkard but most of us are. There's 550,000+ people in Boston. Not to mention NY and Boston are packed with colleges.

Morgantown is probably not even close to either.

I was thinking Miami should be on the list...

JakeT. · Jan 5, 2011

Boise would have made the list but I'm barely drinking since New Years.

Dante · Jan 5, 2011

WOW FISHHEAD'S home town of Tampa only 17th and with him living there to boot!

REDEYE · Jan 5, 2011

Portland is only on the list because of all of the Microbrews here !

5teamparlay · Jan 5, 2011

Can't argue with #1

Normal Illinois should be on the list IMO.

Fishhead · Jan 6, 2011

Dante said:
WOW FISHHEAD'S home town of Tampa only 17th and with him living there to boot!

Grew up in Iowa(three towns on list).......moved to Vegas(on list).......moved to Tampa(on list).

Chances are remote on moving to Provo, Ut or WallaWalla, WA.

Hookandcrook+ · Jan 6, 2011

Dante said:
WOW FISHHEAD'S home town of Tampa only 17th and with him living there to boot!

Yes but we are #1 with most strip clubs per capita.

Fishhead · Jan 6, 2011

Hookandcrook said:
Yes but we are #1 with most strip clubs per capita.

Tampa has also taken over the distinction of having the worst sports fans in America.

DollarDay · Jan 6, 2011

Wow - I thought New Orleans woulda been a lot higher than #25.

Buffalo - although there's a "gin-mill" on every corner, most of them have closed up already, so I'm a bit surprise. Woulda though they would be in the high 30's.

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