November 15, 2007: World Map of Alcohol Consumption - Page 2

Kitsune · 11-15-2007, 03:41 PM

Woo-hoo! Go Florida! Florida is 9-10!

...9-10 what? Drinks per day? Liters per year? Shots per week? Beers per person at an average party on a weekend?

Clodfobble · 11-15-2007, 03:44 PM

Liters per person per year, I believe.

jbolty · 11-15-2007, 04:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

I believe New Hampshire has no state tax on its booze. It also has state liquor stores with their own exits right off of 95, including the exit closest to the Maine border. Many people stop and buy liquor in New Hampshire on their way into Maine. Notice New Hampshire seems to consume a lot, but Maine only consumes a little? I bet they average out to equal the rest of New England.

Also sticking up for New Hampshire. There is no bottle bill there for returnables and it is a huge tourist destination, same as Nevada. So all the surrounding states go there to buy stuff. Still, plenty of drunks though. Just not as many as it would appear.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-15-2007, 05:23 PM

The South looks low because they don't count moonshine.

maximum · 11-15-2007, 06:39 PM

Delaware is holding it down in the TOP 10!

nil_orally · 11-15-2007, 08:57 PM

This map must be in error, or else how can you explain the poms beating us aussies? I can understand how we can lord it over the bloody kiwis (not even a challenge, really), but how can the limp-wristed pommies out-do us in anything?

Sperlock · 11-15-2007, 09:20 PM

Does it really count if all the people from Utah are coming over here to Nevada to drink?

ZenGum · 11-15-2007, 10:50 PM

So many comments:
Does "liters" mean liters of pure alcohol or liters of alcoholic beverage? 1 liter of beer is not equal to 1 liter of spirits!
This is based on alcohol sales, and consumption is inferred. Hence the New Hampshire effect and moonshine not being recorded.
Turkey's low score is probably related to the majority Muslim make up, for whom alcohol is forbidden.
Most startling thing: calling this a World Map of Alcohol Consumption! Who started this thread?! Miss Teen South Carolina?!

SteveDallas · 11-15-2007, 11:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by maximum

Delaware is holding it down in the TOP 10!

Delaware also has tax-free liquor and stores close to the border of PA. (They even put circulars in the Sunday Philadelphia Inquirer.)

As far as the southern states go... my guess is that the people who drink drink as much a anywhere else, but that the percentage of teetotalers is higher.

Scriveyn · 11-16-2007, 02:19 AM

Top three:

Quote:

Luxembourg 15.5
New Hampshire 15.2334
District of Columbia 14.5152

Luxembourg, one of the seats of European government
District of Columbia, seat of U.S. government

Politics takes it's toll

(and yes, it's litres of pure alcohol per person and year)

Fa- · 11-16-2007, 05:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nil_orally

This map must be in error, or else how can you explain the poms beating us aussies? I can understand how we can lord it over the bloody kiwis (not even a challenge, really), but how can the limp-wristed pommies out-do us in anything?

you didnt seem to drink all that much when i was there, granted you would drink throughout the day

- but people didnt seem to binge drink like people do over here in little old England.

Sundae · 11-16-2007, 05:41 AM

We're lumped in with the Scots remember

Coign · 11-16-2007, 02:28 PM

Wisconsin only has 10-11? I think they must be buying their liquor from somewhere else. Those people drink like fish. I know, I lived right across the border in Duluth, MN and we always went over there to drink. They have more bars than churches.

Cloud · 11-16-2007, 02:33 PM

what are poms?

DanaC · 11-16-2007, 02:35 PM

people from britain

11-15-2007, 05:23 PM	#19
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nil_orally Larger than average member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Melbourne, Oz. Posts: 72	This map must be in error, or else how can you explain the poms beating us aussies? I can understand how we can lord it over the bloody kiwis (not even a challenge, really), but how can the limp-wristed pommies out-do us in anything? __________________ Waiting for inspiration.....

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ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	So many comments: Does "liters" mean liters of pure alcohol or liters of alcoholic beverage? 1 liter of beer is not equal to 1 liter of spirits! This is based on alcohol sales, and consumption is inferred. Hence the New Hampshire effect and moonshine not being recorded. Turkey's low score is probably related to the majority Muslim make up, for whom alcohol is forbidden. Most startling thing: calling this a World Map of Alcohol Consumption! Who started this thread?! Miss Teen South Carolina?! __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

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11-15-2007, 03:41 PM	#16
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	Woo-hoo! Go Florida! Florida is 9-10! ...9-10 what? Drinks per day? Liters per year? Shots per week? Beers per person at an average party on a weekend?

11-15-2007, 03:44 PM	#17
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Liters per person per year, I believe.

11-15-2007, 06:39 PM	#20
maximum Writer of Writings Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 14	Delaware is holding it down in the TOP 10!

11-16-2007, 02:28 PM	#28
Coign Wanted Driver Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Vail, CO Posts: 279	Wisconsin only has 10-11? I think they must be buying their liquor from somewhere else. Those people drink like fish. I know, I lived right across the border in Duluth, MN and we always went over there to drink. They have more bars than churches. __________________ Quoting yourself is the height of hubris. -Coign

11-16-2007, 02:33 PM	#29
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	what are poms? __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

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