Boston “The Most Sober” City in America
In the upcoming March issue of Men’s Health magazine, editors name Fresno, 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.”
Interestingly, 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 ten “drunkest” cities on the list, all scoring an F are, in order: Fresno, CA; Reno, NV; Billings, MT; Riverside, CA; Austin, TX; St. Louis, MO; San Antonio, TX; Lubbock, TX; Tucson, AZ and Bakersfield, CA.
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