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A recently-released survey found that while NYC residents admit they enjoy a drink or two to unwind, they may be in denial about their weight problems. According to the Post, a Siena Research Institute survey found that of the New Yorkers who say they drink alcohol, 45 percent estimate they have one or two drinks in a week. On the other end of the spectrum, 12 percent admit they knock back over 15 drinks every week. (Is that a lot?) And 41 percent of New Yorkers admit they're fat, but 2007 federal statistics tell a different story, estimating that 56 percent of NYC residents are overweight. Poll organizer Dr. Don Levy pins the discrepancy New Yorkers' refusal to face the truth about their disgusting fat-bodies: "It's one thing to lie to me. It's another thing to lie to yourself." As for the drinking habits, the survey says upstate New Yorkers actually drink more than city folk, which doesn't surprise snob on the street David Dutkanicz, who tells the Post, "I agree with those numbers. People have more to do here than drink. Whenever I'm in upstate New York, I see more drunken and sloppy behavior."
We're Drunk, Not Fat, New Yorkers Lie in Survey
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All polls are lies to begin with as this video will explain.
i bet i have 20 beers a week.
I get drunk on one drink (usually my eighth).
isn't that a sammy davis jr. joke? or some other old drunk?
that was meant for MrManhattan
Dr. Don Levy is no doubt aware that 'fat' is a subjective term, and that many people who are officially 'overweight' do not consider themselves 'fat'.
But you don't get free mainstream press for writing about how shitty your methodology is, so "NYers lie to themselves!" is the result of survey.
Wow, what an asshole Mr. Dutkanicz is. Clearly he hasn't been on the subway after 2:00 AM or in Union Square on a Friday night or at Shea Stadium ever. Call me an overprotective upstate born transplant, but I think we can all agree that New Yorkers all across our fair state can be pretty drunk and sloppy. I mean hell, you would have to be to live in Long Island.
Go to the South or Midwest and you will see the true meaning of 'fat'. Eddie Murphy's nutty professor suit is 50th percentile.
As long as The Gap sells 42 inch waistband pants as "medium", we're fine.
Holy smokes 1 or 2 drinks a week and we are shuffled off to AA. If you are talking 10 to 20 drinks a day, then you are talking drinking.
Maybe we should bring back prohibition. That really worked well.
Compared to most Europeans we are tea sucking wimps. And you know what? They don't die any younger or older than we do.
Unrelated, bur props for using a still from "The Sweet Smell of Success."
"New Yorkers Lie in Survey"
Is this really a surprise?
NYC has been lying to it self for the last 10 plus years about its own status.