Several of the drunkest counties in America are in Wisconsin.
QUICK FACTS:
- A study from finance website Insider Monkey found that the top ten cities in the United States with the greatest alcohol consumption are Democrat-led.
- The study drew its information from County Health Rankings and Roadmaps, the U.S. Census Bureau, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
- Cities with at least 200,000 residents were examined.
- Number 10 on the list was Austin, Texas, with an excessive drinking rate of 21.4%.
- Excess drinking rates were calculated with the percentage of a city’s adult population that reviewed binge or heavy drinking in the last month.
- Portland, Oregon ranked number 9 on the list and also had a 21.4% excessive drinking rate.
- The next city was Sacramento, CA, followed by New Orleans, LA, and Pittsburg, PA.
- It is estimated that 25% of the driving deaths in Pittsburg involve alcohol.
TOP 5 DRUNKEST CITIES IN U.S.:
- Chicago, Illinois was number 5 on the list, with an excessive drinking rate of 22.7%.
- Buffalo, New York was number 4. According to Insider Monkey, the University of Buffalo received $1.7 million to grow its alcoholism research program.
- Boston, Massachusetts is number 3 on the list. The state spends at least $5.6 billion on alcohol abuse costs.
- Minneapolis, Minnesota is number 2, with the state seeing over 1,000 deaths in 2021 from binge drinking.
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin was ranked the highest due to its low alcohol tax rates. The city has an excess drinking rate of 24.6%.
BACKGROUND:
- In May, American Faith reported that a New York City hotel housing illegal immigrants became a hot spot for drugs and underage drinking.
- The hotel in Times Square is no longer open to the public, exclusively housing thousands of migrants.
- “It doesn’t look good. Now we open the window, and if they are smoking marijuana, all the smoke [starts] coming inside. People get uncomfortable,” said Gustavo Rosario, who manages a bar across the street from the hotel.
