Boston Tops List Of Drunkest U.S. Cities Of 2011
BOSTON (CBS) – Red Sox pitchers and thousands of college students and workers in the city of Boston all have at least one thing in common: they drink alcohol.
They drink so much that Boston has topped The Daily Beast’s list of America’s Drunkest Cities of 2011.
Gee, a city populated by Irish and Italian immigrants and host to hundreds of colleges and universities is capable of packin' away the pints? GET OUT. This just in: Water is wet! Interestingly enough, New York City didn't even crack the top 25 list of drunkest cities, so apparently Noo Yawkers aren't drinking enough Appletinis to qualify. But them Southies sure are downin' the boilahmaykahs!
Apparently all those colleges in Boston make up for Ted Kennedy being gone - who knew?
That is all.
5 comments:
Something Wrong here. Went to the Daily Beast, Boston's only #8, Milwaukee's #1. Better check that story out.
If I lived in Boston I'd have to drink a lot too.
:-)
Look at the demographics, it's not populated by Irish and Italian immigrants any longer. There are lots of ethnic groups in Boston and for the most part they all drink.
College students drink excessively because they are away from home and supervision. The schools respond by having their police forces call 9-1-1 for an ambulance when a kid gets that drunk.
If they responded by tossing the kids out or suspending them, that would help the problem, but mommy and daddy would complain and might with hold donations.
I agree with Andy...
Attending Freshman Orientation at UMass/Boston in the early '70's (before the Columbia Point campus opened), we enjoyed a university sponsored boat cruise around Boston Harbor on a bright, sunny, summer afternoon. A highlight of the trip was watching a Dean stagger and stumble from one too many. I do not recall any of the students that day with a similar problem.
The UMB campus then stretched from the building next to Boston Police Headquarters to the Combat Zone, often in buildings that still had commercial tenants. Calculus class on the third floor above a first floor strip club in the Zone made for a real eye opener if you chose the wrong door in a rush for a 10 AM class. Let's just say that the best were not dancing on the bar at that time of the day. You could tell it was Spring instead of Winter when the homeless slept the night in doorways instead of going to the Pine Street Inn or other shelters.
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