Forbes.com appearently doesn't have a whole lot of demands on their time, so they went around ranking the Drunkest Cities in America. Not surprisingly, Milwaukee came in at number one with a bullet. This comes on the heels of Futurama's distinction of Milwaukee as The Most Romantic Place on Earth, for its creation of the "beer goggles".
What is surprising about the Forbes.com study is that the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul came in second. Wow. I had no idea we were so high on that list. Just one more reason why the midwest kicks the coasts' collective ass. Trailing us in the top 10 are Columbus, Ohio, Boston, Austin, Chicago, Cleavland, Pittsburgh, Philly and Providence.
Read the StarTrib article here and Forbes.com here.
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Haven't read the articles. However, generally high alcohol use is not indicative of a "kick ass" situation. Case in point, remember what they do in Cordova during the winter? Drink and swap wives.
-J
Milwakee compleatly deserves this rating. My wife is from Milwakee. Her uncle was mentioning an event at the new art museum (the one mentioned in the article showing how Milwakee has culture) that offered free wine. Evidently, people were grabbing handfulls of the small wine samples, and in fifteen minutes the whole thing was a drunken mess. Eventually everyone was kicked out when the guests began hanging on statues. True story.
Perhaps Minnesota is up there in the ranks of abusive drinking habits, but , I believe that Boston was ranked #1 a while ago for pot use due to our heavy undergraduate population of course. We graduate students would never. . .
Hope you're doin well Jo! I've enjoyed your blog. You should check out mine. Though, they are quite different!
Oops! What kind of friend, or Carleton graduate am I when I can't even spell your name correctly?
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