Sin Cities: Texas Is Squeaky Clean In List Of Lustful Locations

HOUSTON, TX — Houston, you don't have a problem, and maybe the rest of Texas doesn't either when it comes to lust, greed, gluttony, idolatry, or love of any sort of vice that seems to permeate other locales of the American landscape.

In fact, while those so-called sins of the flesh are frowned upon in some places, there are a few cities in the U.S. where sin is king.

According to a recent survey by WalletHub.com, a few of these sinful cities are hardly surprises.

Among them are Las Vegas, which is not only listed as the top sin city, but is even playfully called sin city.

However, some cities are real head scratchers and we are left wondering why cities such as Gulfport, Mississippi is listed at No. 15 and Toledo, Ohio is listed at No. 22, while Houston is listed at No. 40, and Chicago comes in at No. 68.

In order to determine the most sinful cities in America, WalletHub’s number crunchers compared 182 cities — including the 150 most populated U.S. cities, plus at least two of the most populated cities in each state — across seven key dimensions, which included:

• Anger/Hatred
• Jealousy
• Excesses/Vices
• Greed
• Lust
• Vanity
• Laziness

Also factored into this auspicious list are hate crimes and hate groups per capita, the number of sex crimes committed; obesity as well as the number of fast food establishments per capita, the number of adult drinkers of adult beverages, coffee drinkers, smokers, the number of strip clubs, the calculation of teen birth rates in certain areas, and where to find the most active Tinder users, were also among the criteria.

While some states, such as Nevada, had a number of city’s rated high on the 2017 Most Sinful Cities In America list, Texas wasn’t among them.

According to the WalletHub.com survey, Houston was the most sinful city Texas at No. 40, with a total score of 44.23 on the vice index.

The index score was derived from the combined scores of each category that were averaged.

In all those categories, Houston scored high in Anger/Hatred, with a score of 97, and in Excesses/Vices with a score of 159, and Laziness with a sterling 102.
The other Texas cities that made the list include:

• Arlington………………..(69)
• Austin…………………..(81)
• Amarillo………………. (108)
• Lubbock………………. (113)
• Dallas…………………. (117)
• Laredo………………... (123)
• Ft.Worth……………….(127)
• San Antonio…………..(135)
• Garland………………..(147)
• Irving…………………..(149)
• Corpus Christi…………(150)
• El Paso…………………(170)
• Plano……………………(177)
• Brownsville……………..(180)

Arlington was awarded a raw score of 41.34, which included high marks for Excesses/Vices, and laziness

However Austin, which had surprisingly high marks for Anger/Hate, also had some one of the highest scores for Laziness, too.

Odd, since it’s a city full of trails and lakes, and has a really awesome zip line.

Of course, Amarillo did Texas proud in the laziness category, making it the third worst city in the U.S. as far as exercise is concerned.

Laredo, one of Texas’ many border cities, was listed as the second least charitable city in the US, right behind Worcester, Massachusetts.

Although Garland and Plano are not quite as squeaky clean as Brownsville, they came pretty close based on the lack of adult entertainment establishments in their city limits.

Want to see the results of your town? Click the link for sinful cities and get started.

Image: A customer walks into Peepland on Broadway in New York's Times Square, Friday evening, March 6, 1998, after a judge concluded the city has the legal right to force most of the city's X-rated shops to relocate. Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum, said she would stay her ruling until Wednesday to allow sex shop owners to appeal to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to stop the city's plan. (AP Photo/Michael Schmelling)

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