One Missouri town did make the top 10, with St. Louis chugging its way to eighth on the list (up from 24th in the 2010 rankings). While tailgaters and the early morning crowd at the Zoo Bar might disagree (as did Men's Health, naming Kansas City the 36th drunkest city earlier this year), this is a collection of cities that we don't really want to be keeping company with, based on the stats used to determine which city is the lush uncle of municipalities.
According to The Daily Beast, the list was compiled using a combination of consumption and the percentage of binge or heavy drinkers in the metro. This year, Boston was named America's drunkest city, edging out last year's boozy population center: Milwaukee, Wisconsin (which took the bronze in 2011).
Eater points out the response of Boston Mayor Tom Menino to find out his city's new title — it is very much worth a minute and five seconds of your time.
"I don't believe we're the drunkest city in America. We're probably the most intelligent city in America," Menino jokes in the video.
And Bostonians probably drive better when they drink.
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Is this really an achievement that anybody strives for? Seriously, think about it. I mean, if we were the most supportive of our sports teams, or the cleanest, or the most generous charity wise, or hell, even if we were known for having the biggest candy store, that seems cool, but being in the ranks of the drunkest? Falling down, vomiting, being arrested, drinking and driving, fights, losing friends, date rape, injuries, death.. Yeah, not a title we should aim for. We're already the city of fountains, "cow town" USA <--Stupid by the way. How about we just go for the city with the most people who made it home safely on New Years.
think of the murder rate if were were a top 5 drunk city! (of course there may be more missed shots...)
Mr Bender, if my father were still alive, KC would have made the list.....on his druken follies alone!
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