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The Drunkest Cities
menshealth.com ^ | November, 2007 | Mens Health

Posted on 11/19/2007 3:03:11 PM PST by dynachrome

New Year's Day 1916 was rough for Colorado residents looking for a little hair of the dog. On that Saturday, the state stopped all liquor sales, predating Prohibition by 4 years. Today, Colo-rado once again leads the nation in its attitude toward alcohol -- but now, the mandate seems to be "drink till you drop." In our second ranking of urban inebriation, Aurora comes in 82nd, Colorado Springs finishes 98th, and, once again, Denver is Most Dangerously Drunk.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: alcohol; cities; denver1; drunkest; topten; whoohooo
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To: dynachrome

Lost Wages #47 and New Orleans not even on the list? No way Jose.


21 posted on 11/19/2007 3:37:32 PM PST by TruthWillWin
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To: dynachrome

Woo Hoo Sacramento, #66! We’ll try harder next year.


22 posted on 11/19/2007 3:40:18 PM PST by Lx ((Do you like it, do you like it. Scott? I call it Mr. and Mrs. Tennerman chili.))
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To: TruthWillWin

Remember that after Katrina a lot of N.O.’s drunks were re-located to Houston and other cities.


23 posted on 11/19/2007 3:41:09 PM PST by dynachrome (Immigration without assimilation means the death of this nation~Captainpaintball)
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To: singletrack

Good point. Maybe it just means that Buffalonians who DO drive while intoxicated, are craftier than 97% of the others with the same inclination. There’s a lot to be said for practice,Practice,Practice.


24 posted on 11/19/2007 3:46:38 PM PST by pgobrien
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To: dynachrome
You do not need to be an alcoholic to put up with demorats but is helps.
25 posted on 11/19/2007 3:47:35 PM PST by mountainlyons (Hard core conservative)
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To: Elle Bee

One of the factors is DWI. Not an issue in Key West.

I would think a more reliable study would be alcohol sales per capita, but perhaps that’s not available.


26 posted on 11/19/2007 3:47:52 PM PST by TheThirdRuffian
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To: TheThirdRuffian
“Dry” Lubbock, Texas is the 8th worst
I guarantee you it wasn’t dry Saturday night.
Texas Tech 34
Oklahoma 27
27 posted on 11/19/2007 3:48:48 PM PST by SF Republican
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To: dynachrome

Chicago only came in at #62?

Oh, ye gods and little fishes. Whoever wrote this has never been in the stands at Wrigley. Those folks tend to forget what inning it is ... before the third.


28 posted on 11/19/2007 3:49:53 PM PST by ReignOfError
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To: MplsSteve

Colo. Springs is pretty conservative. Maybe they drive drunk while listening to Rush Limbaugh?


29 posted on 11/19/2007 3:50:02 PM PST by dynachrome (Immigration without assimilation means the death of this nation~Captainpaintball)
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To: dynachrome

I find it somewhat odd that New Orleans is nowhere to be found on that list - or did I miss it?


30 posted on 11/19/2007 3:51:04 PM PST by SaveTheChief (Chief Illiniwek (1926-2007))
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To: DrOrganometallic; dynachrome

I was in Grand Rapids a little while back, and heard the lawyer who has the Sunday AM talk show on WOOD said that when he was practicing further north in the lower peninsula, that the three most common crimes he saw were poaching, drunk-driving, and ... drunk-poaching.


31 posted on 11/19/2007 3:54:04 PM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: TruthWillWin

New Orleans is the Amsterdam of alcohol.


32 posted on 11/19/2007 4:00:50 PM PST by rogue yam
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To: DuncanWaring

Drunk poaching very popular. Got venison with a car one nite (accidental) We was too drunk to report it safely, so we gutted it at three in the morning at one of the guy’s house.


33 posted on 11/19/2007 4:02:07 PM PST by dynachrome (Immigration without assimilation means the death of this nation~Captainpaintball)
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To: dynachrome
Back in the 70’s I lived in leadville Co. At the time, the county had a population about 8,000. The ratio of liquor outlets was 1 for every 100 people.

My first “Boom Days’ celebration was fun from what I was told. The town ran out of alcohol by Sunday afternoon.

If you are not sure where Leadville is, it is half way between Climax and Ball Town along highway 91.

34 posted on 11/19/2007 4:04:09 PM PST by steveab (When was the last time someone tried to sell you a CO2 induced climate control system for your home?)
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To: dynachrome

THE INFAMOUS EMPTY BUCKSKIN BAR FREDONIA ARIZONA

WHERE JOHN WAYNE USED TO DRINK WITH HIS BUDDIES.

No records kept down here! What happens in Fredonia, stays in Fredonia.


35 posted on 11/19/2007 4:05:28 PM PST by Utah Binger (Sanctimony: Feigned piety or righteousness; hypocritical devoutness.)
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To: dynachrome

Little Rock AK (Alaska). I think I was there once but must have been drunk. SF


36 posted on 11/19/2007 4:06:12 PM PST by Hardcorps
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To: steveab

Been in Leadville a few times. It’s been booming again. Still a lot of bars! (cold in the winter)


37 posted on 11/19/2007 4:11:09 PM PST by dynachrome (Immigration without assimilation means the death of this nation~Captainpaintball)
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To: dynachrome

Anchorage, AK #99

Surprised Fairbanks is not on the list. Probably the same way they got removed from the list of most dangerous cities—a technicality. Fairbanks city limits has 30,000 population, which is under the usual 50,000 required for a municipality classification, but the greater Fairbanks has 85,000 which would make the list.


38 posted on 11/19/2007 4:14:43 PM PST by RightWhale (anti-razors are pro-life)
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To: Hardcorps

I don’t believe Little Rock is in Alaska. Maybe Arkansas.


39 posted on 11/19/2007 4:15:49 PM PST by RightWhale (anti-razors are pro-life)
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To: sitetest

If you removed teddy kennedy, Washington DC would go from #13 to #3. Just a little talked about revelation of the research.


40 posted on 11/19/2007 4:16:49 PM PST by lafroste (gravity is not a force. See my profile to read my novel absolutely free (I know, beyond shameless))
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