America’s Drunkest City.

By Alex in Food & Drink, Travel on Aug 25, 2006 at 5:28 am

Collectible antique Blatz Milwaukee Beer, found at Conetop.

They don’t call Milwaukee the Beer Capital of the World for nuthin’ – it has been ranked by Forbes as "America’s Drunkest City"

More than 70 percent of adult Milwaukeeans reported that they had at least one alcoholic drink within the past 30 days. That compares with 45 percent in Nashville, Tenn., which ranked last among the 35 cities on the list.

Here’s the list:

1. Milwaukee
2. Minneapolis-St. Paul
3. Columbus, Ohio
4. Boston
5. Austin, Texas
6. Chicago
7. Cleveland
8 Pittsburgh
9. Philadelphia
9. Providence, R.I. (tied)
11. St. Louis
12. San Antonio
13. Seattle
14. Las Vegas
15. Denver/Boulder
16. Cincinnati
16. Kansas City (tied)
18. Houston
19. Portland, Ore.
20. San Francisco-Oakland
20. Washington-Baltimore (tied)
22. Phoenix
23. Los Angeles
24. New Orleans
24. Tampa (tied)
26. Norfolk
27. Dallas-Fort Worth
28. Atlanta
28. Detroit (tied)
30. Indianapolis
31. Orlando
32. New York
33. Miami
34. Charlotte, N.C.
35. Nashville

Link | Forbes Article


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  1. G
    Aug 25th, 2006 at 7:35 am

    beer capital of the world??

    the US in NOT the world….

    shove it, with your ‘World’ Series…

  2. Frank Nemecek
    Aug 25th, 2006 at 10:30 pm

    What?!? Detroit only came in at number 28?

    It looks like I have some work to do.


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