North Texans Rejoice: Metroplex Cities Named Least Sinful Locales

DALLAS, TX — Some say sin is subjective, but WalletHub disagrees — at least when it comes to identifying the most and list cities in the United States. Lucky for Texas, most major cities ranked pretty low on the sin metric.

The WalletHub study ranked the 182 largest U.S. cities on sin qualifiers of Anger & Hatred, Jealousy, Excess & Vices, Greed, Lust, Vanity and Laziness. Houston and Austin ranked in the top 100 cities for sin, but North Texas cities landed much closer the bottom — with one exception.

Arlington was the most sinful of North Texas cities, coming in at 69 overall. It was the only metroplex city to land in the top 100 most sinful cities, landing 51st for jealousy and 23rd for lust.

All North Texas cities were ranked as follows:

• Arlington...........(69)
• Dallas................(117)
• Ft.Worth.……….(127)
• Garland.............(147)
• Irving................(159)
• Plano.................(177)

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.

The index score was derived from the combined scores of each category that were averaged. The total Texas cities that made the list are:

• Houston...................(40)
• 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 and Vices, and laziness. Meanwhile, 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.

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Source: WalletHub

Patch's Bryan Kirk contributed to this report.

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