View Full Version : I DEMAND A RECOUNT!!!!
rosetree
08-08-2008, 01:31 PM
Ain't no way that this is true!
New Orleans isn't even in the top 5 :eek:
Forbes mag must have been drinking when they put this together. A chance to be at the top of the list and we are denied :mad: ;)
http://www.forbes.com/lifestyle/2008/08/07/alcohol-drinking-cities-forbeslife-drink08-cx_de_avb_0807hard.html
NYMAMA
08-08-2008, 01:36 PM
IT'S AN OUTRAGE I TELL YA! THEY MUST HAVE CONDUCTED THE SURVEY WHEN THE THREADHEADS WERN'T IN TOWN!
Article said:
To determine the cities with the highest alcohol consumption, we started by making a list of the 40 largest metropolitan statistical areas in the U.S.--geographic entities defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget for use by federal agencies in collecting, tabulating and publishing statistics.
Wikipedia says the N.O. MSA ranks #51.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_of_United_States_Metropolitan_Statistical_Ar eas
So fear not, Rosetree, the problem is not that you aren't drinking enough; you just don't have enough residents. As soon as another 300K folks move back, you might just pop up at #1.
rosetree
08-08-2008, 01:45 PM
Article said:
Wikipedia says the N.O. MSA ranks #51.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_of_United_States_Metropolitan_Statistical_Ar eas
So fear not, Rosetree, the problem is not that you aren't drinking enough; you just don't have enough residents. As soon as another 300K folks move back, you might just pop up at #1.
Yeah! we'll kick butt then!
I was wondering if that survey was done before Gumbo and Jada moved here!;) :D
sophisticated sissy
08-08-2008, 01:47 PM
Boston woulda been higher on the list, but Gumbo moved away! :) :p
festbabe
08-08-2008, 01:51 PM
Providence, RI? :confused:
Frosty
08-08-2008, 02:13 PM
Sorry folks, tourists binging on Bourbon Street doesn't make it a drinking town. Milwaukee on the other hand.......
I'm shocked Milwaukee isn't # 1.
festivalgirl
08-08-2008, 02:18 PM
Not mentioning any place in particular, but if I lived in some of those places, I'd drink alot too!! ;)
Just that fact that bars in NY & NO are open 22 hours a day (by law ;)) shoulda put them on the list.
San Francisco?!?!? :confused:
steeleye
08-08-2008, 07:46 PM
Not mentioning any place in particular, but if I lived in some of those places, I'd drink alot too!! ;)
Just that fact that bars in NY & NO are open 22 hours a day (by law ;)) shoulda put them on the list.
San Francisco?!?!? :confused:
They must be including Napa and Sonoma County!
Amy Winette
08-09-2008, 08:30 PM
San Fran doesn't make sense at all. Bars close too early there! I always drink way more in NOLA than SF! And Providence doesn't really make sense either now that the Evil Half lives in Florida . . . :)
mightyradgumbo
08-10-2008, 11:59 PM
San Fran doesn't make sense at all. Bars close too early there! I always drink way more in NOLA than SF! And Providence doesn't really make sense either now that the Evil Half lives in Florida . . . :)
But I was only half hour away when I lived in Boston haha...plus you have several colleges there..PC, Brown, Roger Williams, URI, Johnson and Wales all within the area...last I knew college kids liked beer ALMOST as much as I do. :p
Amy Winette
08-11-2008, 12:10 AM
True, and I suppose these stats are from a little while ago ;)
But San Fran? Really? Do you get that one? Maybe if it was top pot smoking cities!