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Lazy WalletHub Study Once Again Marks Las Vegas “Most Sinful”

Author Shawn Tempesta
Our depiction of what a WalletHub employee probably looks like coming up with this every year.

There are three things you cannot avoid: death, taxes, and a stupid WalletHub survey marking Las Vegas as “The Most Sinful City In America”! We get it. Har har. Sin City. Hysterical.

They did it in 2021. They did it in 2020. 2019? yep. Oh yeah, 2018, you bet. 2017. 2016. The list goes on and on. Las Vegas, most sinful. Every. Single. Time.

We are over it.

WalletHub are in the business of making silly studies that get clicks. Hey, you’re here right. But here’s how they come up with the seven categories they use to rank cities.

  • Anger & Hatred: How many violent crimes are there? Sex offenders per capita. Deaths due to firearms and more…
  • Jealousy: Thefts per 1,000 residents, ID theft and fraud complaints per capita…
  • Excesses & Vices: Share of Obese adults, fast food joints per capita, DUI fatalities per capita, etc…
  • Greed: Casinos per capita, charitable donations as share of income, adults with gambling disorders
  • Lust: Adult entertainment per capita, erotic events per capita, Google searches for “XXX entertainment”, Google searches for “Tinder”, teen birth rate
  • Vanity: Tanning salons per capita, Google searches for “Top 5 plastic surgeries”
  • Laziness: Share of adults not exercising, average hours worked, volunteer rate, high school dropout rate, etc.

OK. We’ve laid out the ground rules. Now lets get into it… and here’s the rub: Las Vegas, North Las Vegas and Henderson are ranked separately. That’s our clue that Las Vegas might not be “Las Vegas” after all.

  • 1. Las Vegas, NV – Total Score 59.93
  • 19. North Las Vegas, NV – Total Score 47.12
  • 68. Henderson, NV – Total Score 39.98

All of them rank above Tempe, Arizona at number 71, home to one of the biggest party schools in America. We call crap.

Why Las Vegas is wrongfully accused

Enough, WalletHub. You do it every year and we are over it. Out of curiosity, are you counting the Las Vegas Strip? That’s not Las Vegas. That’s the unincorporated city of Paradise. Las Vegas looks like this:

Las Vegas, NV

Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps.

If you’re counting the place with the massive multi-billion dollar casinos, you’ve got the wrong place.

Greed? Casinos, we’ve got plenty, so we understand why Las Vegas ranked so high here. But Las Vegas is 36th in charitable giving above St. Louis, Chicago and more… just because we like to play Bingo on a Saturday night does not make us “greedy” or “sinful”.

Lust? We get back to the strip club talk, and the question is are you talking about Las Vegas or the tourist corridor that is Paradise? That’s like saying Orlando has the most employed mice. You know who has the most strip clubs per capita? Portland, Oregon. You know who has more than Las Vegas? Houston. As a matter of fact, Las Vegas ranks 7th in strip clubs, and much of that is to serve the tourist community and not the locals.

Vanity? We rank 5th. You rate tanning salons and searches for plastic surgeons as the way to come up to this number. As far as tanning salons go, we have some but not nearly as much as some cities in the northeast. In Las Vegas, we get plenty of sun. Plastic surgeons? Yeah, we have some of the best in the world here. But people come from all over the world to be here for it. Google searches aren’t the correct metric for vanity. Try ACTUAL BOOB JOBS. Salt Lake City leads the way there! Yeah, no kidding!

Laziness?! LAZINESS? Your own damn “fattest cities” list has us at 65th. Oh are our graduation rates low? It’s 13 points higher than the Bronx. Cmon.

Enough.

The fact of the matter is Las Vegas isn’t #1 in any category, the methodology is bunk, and they are confusing the city with the Strip. Fact of the matter is we aren’t perfect (yeah, our murder rate is 6th, but less than half per capital than St. Louis)… but there are plenty of more sinful, and certainly more boring places to be. Google searches are not indicators of sin. We know we’re in the top 10… but every year? Every year?! Talk about laziness. Give it to St. Louis. ONCE.

Hmm. This probably isn’t helping the “Anger & Hatred” score, is it?

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Shawn Tempesta is the co-host of Aimee+Shawn on 102.7 VGS in Las Vegas, Nevada. He is also an Emmy award nominated television host. As a content creator for 102.7 VGS, Shawn writes about current events, education, funny and trending stories.

20 Pop Songs That Turn 10 in 2023

2013 was such a good year for pop music. Drake, Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Lorde, Justin Timberlake, Katy Perry and Britney Spears all had new albums that dominated the airwaves. We’re definitely still listening to a lot (okay, most) of these pop hits from 2013, which turn ten years old in 2023!

Take a look below at some of 2013’s biggest hits:

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    Bieber lent his voice on this dance track off of will.i.am’s fourth studio album, #willpower.

  • All Of Me - John Legend

    This R&B hit is from Legend’s fourth studio album, Love in the Future. The album was executive produced by Legend, Kanye West and Dave Tozer, featuring guest appearances from Kimbra, Rick Ross, Stacy Barthe and Seal.

  • Applause - Lady Gaga

    “Applause” was Gaga’s lead single from her third studio album, Artpop. Gaga began planning the project in 2011, shortly after the launch of her second effort, Born This Way.

  • Blurred Lines - Robin Thicke

    Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” became the subject of a legal dispute with the family of Marvin Gaye and Bridgeport Music, who argued the song infringed on copyrights to Gaye’s 1977 single “Got to Give It Up.” On top of that, model Emily Ratajkowski accused Thicke of sexually assaulting her on the music video set, alleging that he groped her bare breasts from behind during the filming.

  • Dark Horse - Katy Perry

    “Dark Horse” is from Perry’s fourth studio album, Prism, which was initially planned to be “darker” than her previous material. Prism ultimately became a prominently dance-inspired record.

  • Drunk In Love - Beyoncé ft. JAY Z

    Beyoncé’s self-titled fifth studio album gave us this awesome collab with husband Jay-Z as well as “Partition,” “Pretty Hurts,” “XO” and “Flawless.”

  • Get Lucky - Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers

    Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky” is from their fourth (and seemingly final) studio album, inspired by late ’70s and early ’80s American music from Los Angeles.

  • Heart Attack - Demi Lovato

    “Heart Attack” comes from Demi’s fourth studio album Demi, where she wanted to change her sound from her self-described “generic” third album Unbroken. Lovato wanted her fourth album to “have songs that excited her.”

  • Help Me Lose My Mind - Disclosure

    Disclosure’s Settle album is the electronic music duo’s best musical work by far, with “Help Me Lose My Mind” being the best of all.

  • Hold On, We’re Going Home - Drake ft. Majid Jordan

    Drake’s third studio album Nothing Was the Same gave us all his best hits with “Started From The Bottom,” “Worst Behavior,” and “All Me.”

  • Loyal - Chris Brown ft. Lil Wayne & Tyga

    Chris Brown had dudes all over singing “These girls ain’t loyal” all year long in 2013.

  • Mirrors - Justin Timberlake

    From Timberlake’s third studio album The 20/20 Experience, “Mirrors” is the far superior song choice to his collab with Jay-Z, “Suit & Tie.” Though the music video for “Suit & Tie” was great, the song is quite annoying. “Mirrors” is a song for the ages.

  • Royals - Lorde

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  • Sweater Weather - The Neighbourhood

    Every time the weather gets below 70 degrees, this song is sure to come on.

  • The Way - Ariana Grande ft. Mac Miller

    Mac Miller and Ariana Grande met in 2012 when the two covered “Baby It’s Cold Outside.” A year later, they collaborated again in “The Way,” from Grande’s debut studio album Yours Truly. The two didn’t start dating until August 2016 and ended the relationship in May 2018.

  • The Worst - Jhené Aiko

    “The Worst” is arguably the best song off of Aiko’s debut EP Sail Out. The album has notable features with Vince Staples, Kendrick Lamar, Childish Gambino and Ab-Soul.

  • Work - Iggy Azalea

    We love how this song has made its comeback on TikTok with hilarious videos of people walking “a mile in these Louboutins.”

  • Work Bitch - Britney Spears

    This is the best song to work out to. Thank you, Britney Spears!

  • Wrecking Ball - Miley Cyrus

    You could not escape this song in 2013 even if you tried. From the memes to the media fixation with Miley Cyrus during this era, “Wrecking Ball” will forever be a part of pop culture history.

  • Young And Beautiful - Lana Del Rey

    Sad girl Lana Del Rey walked so that girls like Phoebe Bridgers and Olivia Rodrigo could run.

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