Patterico's Pontifications

11/7/2007

The Most Wired Cities in America

Filed under: Miscellaneous — DRJ @ 3:09 pm



[Guest post by DRJ]

No, it’s not a survey on the best internet or Wi-Fi cities. It’s the most caffeinated cities:

“The windy city is also the most wired, according to a survey that showed people in Chicago are the most caffeinated in the United States. Chicagoans eat more chocolate and drink more cola than other U.S. urbanites, and are among the top consumers of energy drinks and coffee. They are also likely to say caffeine is good for you, according to the poll conducted by Prince Market Research.

Tampa, Miami, Phoenix and Atlanta rounded out the top five most caffeinated cities, while residents of San Francisco, Philadelphia, New York, Detroit and Baltimore consumed the least caffeine.

“It’s surprising perhaps that some places you may think have a lot of hustle and bustle like San Francisco, Philadelphia and New York, were the least caffeinated cities,” said Todd Smith, a spokesman for HealthSaver, a healthcare discount service that commissioned the poll.

The survey looked at consumption of coffee, tea, chocolate, sodas, energy drinks and caffeine pills in 20 major cities in the United States by interviewing 2,000 people.”

Seattle residents are the leaders in coffee consumption, which isn’t that surprising given it is the birthplace of Starbucks:

“Seattle took the top spot in just caffeinated coffee consumption. Nearly 60 percent of residents in the city said coffee would be the most difficult caffeine product to give up.”

Now they need a survey to see whether internet addiction is related to caffeine addiction.

— DRJ

2 Responses to “The Most Wired Cities in America”

  1. Seattle drinks coffee in quantity for 3 reasons

    Nice to have something to warm the body after coming out of the daily day long drizzle that goes on for months on end without a break

    Need it to sober up to get to work and at least try to act like you didn’t tie one on last night

    Needs the upper of the caffeine to offset the downers they were popping last night.

    daytrader (ea6549)

  2. On a beautiful clear day in the Seattle area the suicide crisis lines are jammed because nobody wants to think of going back into the mold causing drizzle again which they know will return.

    daytrader (ea6549)


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