Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee Is The Drunkest City In America
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Milwaukee ranks because the drunkest metropolis in America.
Intelligent Actual Property just lately revealed a brand new composite research The Drunkest Cities in America: 2022 Information, and Milwaukee took first because the drunkest metropolis in the USA, beating out New Orleans, which took second place; Portland, OR, which took third; Denver, which took fourth, and Windfall, RI, which took fifth.
This research surprises no person in Milwaukee. As a Milwaukeean, this rating isn’t surprising to me, nor does it shock any of my neighbors or mates; although a lot of them laughed after I talked about the research.
The metrics of the research, nonetheless, are intriguing.
Researchers analyzed information from the College of Wisconsin Inhabitants Well being Institute, U.S. Census Bureau, Stroll Rating, Expatistan.com, Yelp, and Google Tendencies.
Their weighted rankings evaluated numerous standards, together with:
- 10x: Security rating, a normalized rating primarily based on the share of adults binge ingesting and proportion of driving deaths involving alcohol and the decrease the security rating (and better the chances), the drunker town;
- 5x: Variety of bars per 100,000 residents;
- 4x: Google Tendencies for 15 drinking-related phrases and subjects comparable to “pleased hour,” “bars close to me,” “hangover remedy,” and so forth.;
- 2x: Variety of breweries per 100,000 residents;
- 2x: Variety of wine bars per 100,000 residents; and
- 1x: Walkability rating.
Their metrics not solely measured the general reputation of ingesting – the variety of bars, breweries, and so forth. – but additionally total security surrounding the consumption of alcohol within the metropolis. “For instance, we included a metric for walkability as a result of cities the place strolling is a extra accessible mode of transportation can facilitate much less drunk driving in concept,” a spokeswoman says.
Milwaukee’s scores on these rankings embody:
- Bars per 100,000 residents: 36.7, which is the fourth highest;
- Consuming curiosity rating primarily based on Google Tendencies information for 15 drinking-related phrases: 78.1 out of 100;
- Breweries per 100,000 residents: 3, which is the third highest;
- Wine bars per 100,000 residents: 2.7; and
- Walkability rating: 62 out of 100.
I might argue that the breweries per resident may need been undercounted, as extra are coming on-line fairly often, however I’m not stunned by the variety of bars per particular person, as even Wisconsin’s smallest cities sometimes have extra bars per particular person than most locations.
Being the drunkest metropolis, nonetheless, does include some security issues, the spokeswoman says, noting that 28% of driving deaths in Milwaukee contain alcohol, and town has an extreme ingesting price of 24.6%. This offers it a security rating of simply 26.6 out of 100. As a former police reporter in Milwaukee, that matches up with my expertise.
In distinction, Memphis is the most secure metropolis to drink in with a security rating of 100/100, she notes.
Their analysis additionally discovered that Milwaukee is residence to the least costly cocktail on common at $8. “Consuming three cocktails per week prices 2% of the annual family revenue in Milwaukee,” the spokeswoman says. “That is 35.5% in financial savings in comparison with the common U.S. metropolis, which is 3.1%.” As a Milwaukee resident, I might notice that relying on the place you go, the precise worth of a cocktail ranges from a few bucks as much as $20.
“It’s no shock that low cost alcohol results in drunkenness,” she says, including that Milwaukee is residence to the nation’s highest price of extreme ingesting at 24.6%.
And should you ever attended a Brewers or a Bucks recreation, that might not shock you.
MILWAUKEE – A 25-year-old Milwaukee man is accused of shooting another man near a gas station near 14th and North. The accused is Dreaten Burch – and he faces a single charge of first-degree reckless injury.
According to the criminal complaint, Milwaukee police responded on Sunday evening, Dec. 8 to a shooting near 14th and North Avenue. Officers spoke with relatives of the shooting victim who came home with a gunshot wound to his face. They believed he had been at a nearby gas station.
That same night, a detective went to Froedtert Hospital where the shooting victim was being treated for his wound. He indicated he “exchanged words with the driver of a white vehicle, then ran west on North Avenue and got shot in the face as he ran,” the complaint says. The victim said he did not see who shot him.
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Milwaukee police responded to the Citgo gas station near 14th and North and reviewed surveillance video showing the suspect and victim. The complaint says the “video shows that at about 5:31 p.m., a man walks into Citgo, then leaves and walks through the parking lot. At about 5:33 p.m., a white vehicle turns into the parking lot and appears to nearly strike the man in the parking lot, who has to avoid the vehicle. The vehicle parks, then a suspect exits the driver’s door, then heads in the same direction as the first man.”
Investigators found a casing and unspent cartridge northeast of the intersection of 14th and North. Police “later found additional surveillance video showing the man and suspect heading to this location, and showing the man returning to the white vehicle,” the complaint says.
Investigators reviewed photos of the suspect vehicle. They also queried the Flock Safety database and found a matching vehicle within three days of the incident. Officers had previously stopped the vehicle — and identified the driver as Dreaten Burch.
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Burch was arrested on Dec. 9. When police tried to question him about the shooting incident at the gas station, Burch “said he may have been at the gas station and may have been in the car, but he didn’t know about anything else,” the complaint says.
Burch made his initial appearance in Milwaukee County court on Saturday, Dec. 14. Cash bond was set at $10,000.
Matt Yeazel brings you Bucks in 6, a 6-minute recap of Milwaukee’s 112-101 over the Washington Wizards on Saturday night despite Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard being out with injuries.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Bobby Portis replaced Giannis Antetokounmpo in the starting lineup and scored a season-high 34 points, leading the Milwaukee Bucks to a 112-101 victory over the Washington Wizards on Saturday night.
Khris Middleton had 18 points, six rebounds and eight assists for the Bucks, while Portis finished with 10 rebounds and eight assists.
Antetokounmpo (back spasms) missed his third game of the season and the Bucks also played again without Damian Lillard (right calf strain) after winning the NBA Cup earlier this week.
Milwaukee coach Doc Rivers said Lillard could play Monday against Chicago.
Rookie Ryan Rollins started at point guard in Lillard’s absence and contributed 14 points in 31 minutes. Center Brook Lopez also had 14 and Gary Trent Jr. had 15 points and seven rebounds.
Middleton played for the second straight night after scoring 14 points in 19 minutes at Cleveland on Friday. He continues to get into shape after missing the first 21 games following offseason surgery on both ankles.
Jordan Poole scored 26 points and Bilal Coulibaly had 20 points and 11 rebounds for Washington.
“We Got This Garden” hosts event for area kids to pick gifts for family members
MILWAUKEE – The holidays came early on Milwaukee’s north side on Saturday, Dec. 21
At “We Got This Garden” near 9th and Ring, kids were able to pick out gifts to give to a parent, guardian, or other family members.
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“Around this time of the year, parents, guardians loved ones – they want to make their kids feel as special as they can,” said Meg Bruzan, team leader with We Got This Milwaukee. “We thought it would just be really great for kids to be able to give back a little bit to those families that do so much every single day of the year.”
The event was new this year. It was made possible due to donations, which the organization accepts online.
In the summer, “We Got This Garden” welcomes neighborhood kids to learn the basics of gardening – and earn some money in the process.
Data shows that the 53206 area is one of the most incarcerated ZIP codes in the nation. There are also health and poverty concerns.
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