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Milwaukee tops out America's drunkest cities

drinkingWell, it can't come as a surprise, as the city of Milwaukee is known as "The Nation's Watering Hole," and was, at one time, home to four of the world's largest breweries: Schlitz, Pabst, Blatz, and of course, Miller, which is the only one left in the city currently. Still, the drinking habits of Milwaukeeans are what made it #1 on Forbes' list of the "Drunkest Cities in America."

Forbes took the 35 largest metropolitan areas and ranked them in order of "drunkenness," based on five parameters: state laws, number of drinkers, number of heavy drinkers, number of binge drinkers and alcoholism. Rounding out the Top 10:

  1. Milwaukee, WI
  2. Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
  3. Columbus, OH
  4. Boston, MA
  5. Austin, TX
  6. Chicago, IL
  7. Cleveland, OH
  8. Pittsburgh, PA
  9. Philadelphia, PA
  10. Provdence, RI

What? I wonder why no city on the west coast made the top 10?

Filed under: Lists, Drink Recipes

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