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"Drunkest" metro-areas within the drunkest states.

Gulo Blue said:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/03/08/these-americas-drunkest-states/406342002/

USA Today compiled a ranking of states by some combination of drinking related stats.

Michigan ranked #10 and Ohio ranked #14; fairly high.

The drunkest metro areas within these states: East Lansing and Columbus.
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when I click your link, I get auto-redirected to a shopping site.

the USA Today brands' sites are shitpiles of spyware, adware, and other junk.

I guess they're so desperate for ad revenue they'll sell space to anyone.
 
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michchamp said:
when I click your link, I get auto-redirected to a shopping site.

the USA Today brands' sites are shitpiles of spyware, adware, and other junk.

I guess they're so desperate for ad revenue they'll sell space to anyone.
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My ad blocker must have stopped it. I changed the link to the reddit cfb thread where I saw this in the first place.
 
So you're saying college towns are the "drunkest" areas?

Holy shit.....no fucking way!!
 
I wonder where Houghton-Hancock would rank if considered a 'metro area'. Drinking is about all there is to do.
 
i see a graphic on twitter I think you were posting (has a USA Today logo), "States Where Americans Get the Drunkest"

I am surprised North Dakota is so high, but I've never been there.

I am not surprised Wisconsin or Illinois are. Chicago is a big drinking city.

I guess there's enough wild-eyed Baptist and Fundamentalist teetotalers in Texas to keep it low, on a per capita basis, but yahoos around here get pretty damn drunk.
 
I wonder how much of this is just skewed by false self-reporting. People in the south get pretty loaded, but it's more "behind closed doors." they don't admit it or joke about it, because of their religious beliefs.

there's a joke I've heard here in Texas: "How do you keep a Baptist from drinking all your beer on a fishing trip? Bring another Baptist."
 
michchamp said:
I am surprised North Dakota is so high, but I've never been there.
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My guess would be it has to do with the huge influx of 20-40 year old men who have flocked there for work in the oil fields. Most are single or didn't bring the family.
 
sggatecl said:
My guess would be it has to do with the huge influx of 20-40 year old men who have flocked there for work in the oil fields. Most are single or didn't bring the family.
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Crazy boomtowns. Think I read an article of WalMart parking lots full of RVs and tents where people were living. Lots of drugs and prostitution.
 
Denver got named something like this a few years back. Basically a combo of single 20-somethings flocking here and drinking craft beer while growing beards, throwing axes and slack lining.
 
TheVictors said:
Denver got named something like this a few years back. Basically a combo of single 20-somethings flocking here and drinking craft beer while growing beards, throwing axes and slack lining.
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Someone's putting together a craft beer + axe throwing business here. No slackline though.
 
I saw an axe-throwing bar is opening up in one of the downtown areas here.

Did I miss something? Cause this is strange to me.

1) Who the hell wants to throw axes?

2) Who the hell wants to be in an area where drunk people are throwing axes?
 
"Hey, man, isn't this axe-throwing bar great? Such a cool concept bro! Hey, there's that crazy chick that you went on a Tinder date with and never called back. Hey she's really staring at you... AH FUCK, she has an axe!! she's gonna throw it!!!"
 
sggatecl said:
My guess would be it has to do with the huge influx of 20-40 year old men who have flocked there for work in the oil fields. Most are single or didn't bring the family.
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You also forgot their high concentration of Native Americans. Those 2 combined make for a modern day Deadwood.
 
michchamp said:
I saw an axe-throwing bar is opening up in one of the downtown areas here.

Did I miss something? Cause this is strange to me.

1) Who the hell wants to throw axes?

2) Who the hell wants to be in an area where drunk people are throwing axes?
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Ever been to the Renaissance Festival? Plenty of axe throwing and beer swilling going on. Its pretty darn fun, too.
 
TheVictors said:
Denver got named something like this a few years back. Basically a combo of single 20-somethings flocking here and drinking craft beer while growing beards, throwing axes and slack lining.
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Don't they like also, board man?

On the Olympics board, TomDalton22 suggested that the cross country skiing/riflery event should be changed to a cross country skiing/paintball fight.

So maybe they should introduce an Olympic event with boarding/rubber bladed axe painted throwing competition.
 
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Last thing CO needs is a bunch of armed snowboarders throwing axes all high on dope!


Well ...could be fun but the fuckers from Nebraska and Kansas would screw it up
 
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