Forbes Ranks Columbus as Third Drunkest City
Next time you tell someone that Columbus is a “drinking town” you can say it with real meaning, since Forbes has recently ranked us third out of the major watering-hole cities of the US. The only two cities ranked higher than us are Milwaukee and Minneapolis-St. Paul. We scored very highly in their “Heavy Drinkers” and “Binge Drinkers” categories despite not scoring too highly in “State Laws”.

























August 24th, 2006 at 10:02 am
Wonder how much having a big college campus played into that ranking?
hahaha.
August 24th, 2006 at 10:39 am
Nice.
August 28th, 2006 at 10:15 am
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August 28th, 2006 at 11:16 am
With Columbus being a huge college football city, I can see why we are ranked in the top 5. With football season right around the corner :D , we could move up to first. ha ha ha.
August 29th, 2006 at 2:33 am
I also just saw a couple of days ago that Ohio’s liquor sales last year through state-licensed vendors were an annual record, too! Maybe we can move up even more next year?
August 29th, 2006 at 9:00 am
I don’t know if alcohol sales was even a factor they used in this poll. :?
August 29th, 2006 at 9:25 am
Doesn’t look like sales numbers factored in at all:
August 29th, 2006 at 11:19 am
Ah well. Just correlative evidence, then.
P.S. If the Buckeyes stay ranked #1 all season, expect our rating to climb anyway!
January 21st, 2009 at 10:37 am
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