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Milwaukee listed as "America's Drunkest City"
AP ^ | August 24, 2006

Posted on 08/24/2006 8:41:54 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement

MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee has been ranked by Forbes.com as "America's Drunkest City" on a list of 35 major metropolitan areas ranked for their drinking habits.

Forbes said Tuesday it used numbers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to rank cities in five areas: state laws, number of drinkers, number of heavy drinkers, number of binge drinkers and alcoholism.

Minneapolis-St. Paul was ranked second overall; followed by Columbus, Ohio; Boston; Austin, Texas; Chicago; Cleveland; Pittsburgh and then Philadelphia and Providence, R.I., in a tie for ninth.

(Excerpt) Read more at duluthsuperior.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: alcohol; forbes; lists; milwaukee
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To: RockinRight
Humm

I guess Alaska has no "major cities" - otherwise, and unfortunately, we would have won hands down.
61 posted on 08/24/2006 9:38:06 AM PDT by ASOC (The phrase "What if" or "If only" are for children.)
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To: ASOC

You need to start your own survey. Top ten drunken STATES.


62 posted on 08/24/2006 9:41:35 AM PDT by staytrue
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Let's see, go bowling or get drunk. Go bowling or get drunk.
How about trying t get the hell out of Milwaukee?


63 posted on 08/24/2006 9:47:48 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (an enemy of islam)
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To: RockinRight

With the exception of Austin, the top ten consists of northern cities. As Eric Burdon (born and raised in Newcastle-Upon-Type in NE England) once said, "In Newcastle for six months of the year, the wind is howling, the rain is blowing sideways, and there's nothing to do but get drunk and be nice to your neighbor." (Said with a wink.)


64 posted on 08/24/2006 9:56:23 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: Wally_Kalbacken
That's my hometown! Brew-town pride!

Mine too.

I'm glad to see that the friends I left behind have been keeping standards up since I moved East.

65 posted on 08/24/2006 9:59:22 AM PDT by highball (Proud to announce the birth of little Highball, Junior - Feb. 7, 2006!)
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To: libs_kma

66 posted on 08/24/2006 10:04:13 AM PDT by RockinRight (She rocks my world, and I rock her world.)
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To: ASOC

Anchorage is *almost* a major city. ;-)


67 posted on 08/24/2006 10:06:34 AM PDT by RockinRight (She rocks my world, and I rock her world.)
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To: Allegra; Michael Goldsberry; Eaker

Good thing Weight Watchers allows beer! I'll do my part.


68 posted on 08/24/2006 10:10:01 AM PDT by Xenalyte (No movie shall triumph over "Snakes on a Plane.")
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To: Protagoras
Minneapolis #2??? Uff Dah, you can't smoke in public, now the HEALTH POLICE will take away the booze too. Jeepers.
69 posted on 08/24/2006 10:19:02 AM PDT by BarbM
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To: Joe Boucher
How about trying t get the hell out of Milwaukee?

Why? The liberal politics aside--I love Milwaukee.

Besides, being with friends after a Friday night fish fry, getting tipsy and bowling is fun...don't knock it until you try it.

70 posted on 08/24/2006 10:19:06 AM PDT by MotleyGirl70
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To: Protagoras
Where is your glass house located.

For a mid-west city there's no place I'd rather live--just ask the FIBers that think Wisconsin is their own personal play ground.

Don't rip on my city because I will defend it.

71 posted on 08/24/2006 10:24:16 AM PDT by MotleyGirl70
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To: MotleyGirl70
Lighten up Francis. It was a joke.

I love Wisconsin ,,,,except for the taxes.

I'm from Chicago, Milwaukee is heaven compared to this liberal hell hole.

72 posted on 08/24/2006 10:27:02 AM PDT by Protagoras ("Minimum-wage laws are one of the most powerful tools in the arsenal of racists." - Walter Williams)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Go Packers!!!


73 posted on 08/24/2006 10:30:40 AM PDT by JmyBryan
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
Milwaukeeans have plenty of other ways to entertain themselves without drinking alcohol, said Dave Fantle, a spokesman for the group. He noted a new convention center and baseball park had been built

Hey, let's all go to the convention center and the ballpark and not drink!

74 posted on 08/24/2006 10:32:12 AM PDT by HIDEK6
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To: RockinRight
At 200K in population, it is a mid-sized city and sometimes either feels too big and other times too small. (traffic and medical care)

Still a good place to live, if the gang situation doesn't get resolved soon, we will be looking to move.

There was a shoot out, in broad daylight, in the middle of town on election day - two bystander wounded. Gang-bangers. They did catch the toads, but it is out of hand,.
75 posted on 08/24/2006 10:36:47 AM PDT by ASOC (The phrase "What if" or "If only" are for children.)
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To: TonyRo76

I remember years ago Playboy listed the top 10 party campuses in the U.S. ASU came in in the top 10, but they had an asterisk next to *1---whoever it was---and said U of Wisconsin: "no other campus comes close."


76 posted on 08/24/2006 10:36:58 AM PDT by LS
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

I thought Albuquerque would have made the list. :-(


77 posted on 08/24/2006 10:38:30 AM PDT by wjcsux (I would prefer to have the German army in front of me than the French army behind me- Gen. G. Patton)
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To: TonyRo76; MikefromOhio

Where's Cincinnati? Home to a lot of German immigrants and Hudepohl beer!! LOL!


78 posted on 08/24/2006 10:48:55 AM PDT by Polyxene (For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel - Martin Luther)
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To: ASOC

I lived in Anchorage for 3 years. There was a lot of drinking going on. Especially with the natives when divident check time came round. Holy canoli batman.


79 posted on 08/24/2006 10:51:12 AM PDT by dogbyte12
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To: dogbyte12

Alcohol is not *a* problem in Alaska, it is *the* problem in Alaska.

Much worse in the villages. I have quit taking work that involves bush visits, just not worth it anymore.


80 posted on 08/24/2006 11:01:19 AM PDT by ASOC (The phrase "What if" or "If only" are for children.)
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