who hoo, we made it in at number 3.
Nearest cities to my town weren't listed. Maybe that's the problem with Florida - not enough drinking.
you're right, Wanderer - it's definitely a cause of many of our Sunshine State woes. I've heard anecdotally many times that Cuban-Americans think Buttwiper - we, Budweiser - is the bomb. No wonder brew pubs are few and far between!
Have a good weekend, everyone.
On the other hand, where is the city most likely to have more Starbucks than bars? Other than in "dry" counties, that is. More AA meetings than cocktail lounges? Just for symmetry's sake...
As a Cuban-American, I can say that for most it's el whisky y el ron, no la cerveza.
It may be that the Alaskan cities of Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Juneau, didn't have enough population to qualify for the list, but I will GUARANTEE you that there are more alocholics and HARRRRD drinkers per capita up there than there are in Providence, Rhode Island, just for starters. :o)
I am mortified that Key West is not on that list.
pffft. Tonight I shall drink TWO bottles of wine. That'll show 'em! And a shot of tequila for fun.
Well, define "occasion." Five drinks don't mean shit to me in the course of an afternoon.
You're mortified, Vicki? I'm APPALLED that New Orleans didn't make the cut. It's a fucking insult to our civic pride, our distinct and celebrated civic culture.
Must be too many goddam Baptists living here.
Yes, having lived in Juneau, Anchorage, Seattle, and Austin I can tell you that the lower 48 cities don't hold a candle to Alaska when it comes to drinking. In fact, the hardest drinking town I've ever seen is Kodiak Alaska, but it doesn't qualify as a city. Anchorage is probably the hardest drinking of all. I remember reading somewhere that Anchorage had more bars per capita than any other city in the US. There are so many guys based out of Anchorage who work on the North Slope or Bering Sea and rotate in and out. A typical work schedule would be 10 days on the slope and 4 days off so every 2 weeks these hordes of guys show up with lots of money and four days to blow in the middle of winter before they go back up. The drinking is hard and serious. Drunks are always freezing on the street every winter.
I guess none of the Alaskan cities make the top 40 in population which was a criteria for the article.
wooot!
Milwaukee's number TWO!! coming in second to the very respectable Austin.
You are all welcome to join us any time, but you buy first round...
Oh, and as far as bars per capita, there are small town in wisconsin with two churches, four houses and three bars at the only intersection in the town...
geez, what do you think sixth street exists for?
::hic::
Pass the vodka, please (make it 100 proof or all your cats are belong to me - and my barbecue).
There was a time, not so very long ago in the grand sweep of things, when NYC had one bar for every twelve adult male residents.
rotten mcdonald:
I was thinking when I read this post that if Milwaukee isn't on this list, then the authors did sloppy research. One thing that really put me off drinking was living in a fraternity neighborhood in Madison. But every fucking day in Cudahy and South Milwaukee (where I live and work these days) makes Saturday night on fraternity row in Madison look like a freaking Lutheran church-picnic by comparison!
The levels of alcoholism here are just nuts. And while excessive drinking is generally thought of as something celebratory and raucous, the "total-saturation" alcoholism of the heavy-drinkers around here is really about as grim and joyless as anything you might imagine. And quite sad, really.
Another thing: It's the combination of heavy cigarette-smoking and heavy drinking that makes so many men around here look like they are in their 50's by the time they are in their 30's.
With a hurricane on the way, the partying ramps up a bit.
And OMG, no New Orleans!? This study is apparently non-scientific and way, way off base.
hmmm...a dubious honor at best
it's not my fault. honest.
well, maybe part of it
rotten mcdonald: you forgot the 1 strip club per church rule taht seems to be in effect in southern wisconson small towns.
while due to quanity we are slated at number three, we have far better qaulit libations then our nebeghiors to the north...
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