100 'Drunkest' Towns In Maryland: Where Annapolis Ranks

Anne Arundel County communities take up plenty of spots on a new tongue-in-cheek ranking: the drunkest towns in Maryland.

The Roadsnacks website, a data compiler that specializes in creating lists that rate communities on how ”snobby” or “redneck” they are, went there, compiling a list that rates the “drunkest” towns in several states - including Maryland. And Annapolis is ranked No. 1 as the drunkest city, with several other Anne Arundel communities making the top 100.

Roadsnacks.net has compiled a list of the ”drunkest” towns based on the number of available places to buy booze, and by how often people are talking about drinking. The list also includes each town’s divorce rate.

“Plus, we thought why not add in a stereotype?,” the site says. “Studies have indicated that when one or both partners in a marriage are alcoholics, that couple is three times more likely to divorce.”

Surprisingly, summer vacation spot Ocean City doesn’t make the list. Not as shocking: College Park, the home to the University of Maryland, is No. 4 in the rankings. The No. 2 spot goes to Hagerstown and No. 3 is Bel Air.

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The authors note that Maryland is toward the back of the pack for alcohol consumption per capita. Residents average 21 beers each a year. The divorce rate is also in the bottom of national rankings.

About top-ranked – or most tipsy? – Annapolis, the folks at Roadsnacks wrote:

“No surprises here if you’ve ever spent time in Annapolis. There are bars and restaurants up and down West Street here. In fact, there are more bars per capita than anywhere else in the state of Maryland.

So Annapolis is the capital in more ways than one.

The divorce rate is one of the highest, as well. There’s no telling what percent of the wrecked marriages were due to alcoholism, but when you have tons of options for getting wrecked any night of the week, there are gonna be some interesting moments around closing time in Annapolis.”

Other Anne Arundel communities in the rankings are:

17. Pasadena

19. Glen Burnie

40. Arnold

43. Odenton

58. Brooklyn Park

59. Parole

61. Severna Park

64. Crofton

69. Riviera Beach

90. Severn