The Daily Beast has just come out with their list of America's drunkest cities, and guess which city sits at the very top of the list?
According to The Daily Beast's second annual poll, Boston came in at number 1 out of 25 cities mentioned, with 15.5 drinks consumed each month by the average Bostonian, 7.4 percent of all folks in the city being classified as heavy drinkers, and 20.1 percent being seen as binge drinkers. The data for the survey comes from the market-research firm Experian Simmons, which looked at drinking habits of people in more than 200 cities across the United States, as well as information from the Centers for Disease Control.
Other New England cities on the Daily Beast list include Springfield, MA, which came in at number 2, Burlington, VT (number 11), and Providence, RI (number 21).
For a complete list of cities on the list, please go to The Daily Beast link below:
America's Drunkest Cities of 2011, From Las Vegas to Boston
Thanks to The Boston Globe and Grub Street Boston for bringing this to our attention.
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