I read the methodology on how this was done, there are a lot of environmental factors. For example, the ranking includes DWIs. Therefore, car dependant cities would be high. Also included is liver desiese, which skews it towards older populations. Cities without drunks include New York City and Chicago. Salt Lake City ranks as a more drunken city than New York. Young Cities like Lansing or Ann Arbor, which are loaded with drunkards don't even make the list.