America's Drunkest Cities

[private joker]

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1. A high % of colleges (no surprise)


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True, but the weird thing is what % of college students are of legal drinking age? I would say about 25-30% of undergrads, maybe less. The freshmen-juniors should be mainly 18-20. This proves that -- thankfully for many people -- fake IDs work, security is not a big problem, underage drinking is encouraged and tolerated, and young people drink even more than old people!

[YoungOne]

My uncle lives in Milwaukee and works for GE. They have a bar at their workplace and they can drink while on break.

[FlyWf]

Fake IDs are for girls trying to get into clubs. The stores/gas stations around tOSU campus are very strict about IDing.

[samster]

I'm happy to say that Minneapolis would have ranked 5th if it weren't for me and my friends.

[The DaveR]

I traded up.

[blendedsuit]

this list is [censored], where is new orleans??

[PokerBob]

i grew up 20 min from milwaukee, and now live in the Twin Cities. you do the math.

[Nate tha\\\' Great]

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this list is [censored], where is new orleans??

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I think it was like #17 or something. Keep in mind that this study focuses on permanent residents; obviously visitors to Vegas or NO are going to do a lot of drinking.

[Colonel Kataffy]

thseis kkrap about wisconin beingsest the drinkest school is just a viscous sterotype, petuated by other stat skools lick berkly and the wolverins tryin to put su down. If anytings, we should be nown for are frist classs ackedemics.

[kidcolin]

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Yea Boston makes a lot of sense to me, as does Chicago, Providence actually surprises me, although if I remember correctly I recently read that Rhode Island had like the highest ratio of DUI's in the country.

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Providence has a lot of colleges. About 36,000 college kids between Brown, RSDI, Providence College, Johnson & Wales, and Rhode Island College. In a city of 173K.

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In addition to the student population, for a while it was pretty economically depressed and not the happiest place to be on earth. It doesn't surprise me at all.

As for Milwaukee, I've always heard good things about that place. Glad it's been confirmed.