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1
Maybe if we had decent transit, we'd be a drunker city. I know I'd go out more if I didn't have to budget for a cab every time. We can do this, you guys. Come on.
2
Still too many damn teetotalers in this down, dragging down the average. We need more Frizzelles and fewer Goldys. Let's make Seattle #1 in 2012!
3
I'm trying my hardest to get the number up.

Kinda funny how many of those cities I've lived in, though.
4
What's the age cut-off for these figures?
5
With just a little work by each and every one of us, I feel confident that we can get Seattle into the top 10 by the close of 2012!

We must have goals, people! Together, we can WIN THIS THING!!!
6
Funny that three drinks a week is "technically nothing" when I have less than three drinks a year.
7
@6 - So you're the one holding us back!
8
I agree that three drinks a week is not significant, and that overall per capita consumption is a silly benchmark.

On the other hand, I seem to recall reading that the distribution of alcohol consumption is wildly skewed, with a tiny population of alcoholics consuming the great majority of the alcohol. A number that addressed this - the proportion of people who had a serious drinking problem, as opposed to a region-wide the drinks a week - might be worth knowing.
9
Hah! Denver beat you all. And that's not even including the handicap we should be getting because of the high altitude.
10
@8:
If you follow the link you'll see that in addition to the per capita measures they also include:
"Percent of population that are heavy drinkers" and
"Percent of population that are binge drinkers

(Seattle comes in at 6.1% and 16.9% respectively)
11
Recalculate these figures without including the beer drinkers, who don't count, and tell me what you get. If you take me out of the count as well, we could be under one drink per person per month, since I'm well over a million per week, I think.
12
I'm doing my part, Seattle, now step up and do yours!
13
I am shocked, shocked, that we're only 19th. My hangover on Sunday was at least a 3rd or 4th.
14
I love that you love Mudede.
15
The only thing that would make me happier than the word "rethink" in that final sentence would be if it was replaced with "cancel forever." Oh well. Consenting adults and all that.
16
3 drinks a week? Hmmm. Pretty sure I could do 4.
17
I remember the look of shock when my doctor asked how many drinks I had a week, and I said 14. (Two a day? Seems entirely reasonable.) Now I lie and say six.
18
@17: That's funny. I'd probably say "I don't know; how many drinks are in a half gallon?"
19
I think they also calculated how many people scream "Wooooooooo!!!!" while drinking and used it as a multiplier.
20
@18 - Exactly!
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30, Seattle-Tacoma
Ted S. Warren / AP Photo
Average drinks, per person, per month : 12.59
Percent of adults who are heavy drinkers : 5.1
Percent of adults who are binge drinkers : 15.3
Deaths per 100,000 residents from alcoholic liver disease : 7.9
22
You guys don't need to constantly brag about how much you drink at work. It's obvious.
23
Well, we are twenty third in population. Just like this!

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