Coming as No Surprise: Fresno Is America's "Drunkest" City

In the upcoming March issue of Men's Health magazine, editors name Fresno, Calif., the "drunkest" city in America; Boston will be named the most sober (ironic, considering Boston is home to the bar from the television show Cheers). According to USA Today, the list was created using "data such as death rates from alcoholic liver disease, booze-fueled car crashes, frequency of binge-drinking in the past month, number of DUI arrests and severity of DUI penalties." Some of America's largest cities fell pretty low on the list: Chicago came in at 85, New York at 93, Los Angeles at 48, and San Francisco at 86. The 10 "drunkest" cities on the list, all scoring a grade of F are, in order: Fresno; Reno, Nev.; Billings, Mont.; Riverside, Calif.; Austin, Texas; St. Louis; San Antonio; Lubbock, Texas; Tucson, Ariz.; and Bakersfield, Calif. Looking at the whole list, dscriber noted that "Western states tended to dominate the top 10 drunkest states and eastern states were more prone to be less drunk (with the exception of Salt Lake City—go figure.)" Salt Lake City came in at 97.

"Drunkest" cities:
(First I'd like to point out that cities with fucking public transportation are on the good side of the list. Wonder why?!?! I'd also love to point out that 3 of CA's "finest" cities are on the drunk list. And by finest I mean the most ridiculously lousy armpits of California. The list isn't raking which cities drink the most alcohol, it ranks which cities handle their alcohol the worst and with the least amount of public or personal safety and responsibility. Real Classy Fresno...)

Fresno, Calif.
Reno, Nev.
Billings, Mont.
Riverside, Calif.
Austin
St. Louis
San Antonio
Lubbock, Texas
Tucson
Bakersfield, Calif.

"Least drunk" cities:

Boston
Yonkers, N.Y.
Rochester, N.Y.
Salt Lake City
Miami
Newark
Durham, N.C.
New York City
Fort Wayne, Ind.
Manchester, N.H.

(San Diego is 28th on the list with D grade, not so cool....)

Read The Rest at USA Today