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Did they control for the fact that it's Wisconsin?

• drewcoo 2y ago
  Good point. Wisconsin is known to drive people to drink. https://wisconsinwatch.org/2023/03/do-wisconsin-residents-report-excessively-drinking-more-alcohol-than-those-in-other-states/ https://wisconsinwatch.org/2023/03/do-wisconsin-residents-re...
  • tivert 2y ago
    > Good point. Wisconsin is known to drive people to drink. I think you're misinterpreting that article. It's purely an observation that Wisconsinites self-reported more of what some team running a survey classified as "excessive drinking, there's nothing about causes. I'm not from Wisconsin, but I know quote a lot of people who are, and I think the reason they drink so much is cultural: they have a much more relaxed attitude towards alcohol consumption, generally (e.g. aunts letting nephews/nieces drink at some family get-together). It's not so much they're "driven" to drink, they seem to enjoy it and not attach so much stigma to it.
    • readthenotes1 2y ago
      That would hold if it weren't for the reported stat that the smarter you are in Wisconsin in the late 1950s, the more you drink.
    • mattpallissard 2y ago
      Midwesterner here, this tracks. WI takes the cake but it also holds true for MN, MI, and IL. Hard working, hard drinking, good timing folks.
• jwitchel 2y ago
  And the inevitable despair of being smart in Milwaukee.
  • phone8675309 2y ago
    Especially this week