Forbes.com-America’s Most sinful cities-No Shariah here!

On February 18, 2008 · In Shariah Finance

Special Report
America’s Most Sinful Cities
Forbes.com staff, 02.14.08, 6:00 PM ET

They say geography is destiny, but perhaps it is damnation as well.We have unveiled the American city that has fallen the farthest from grace in each of the seven deadly sins (lust, gluttony, avarice, sloth, wrath, envy and pride). For each sin we stretched our imagination to find a workable proxy–murder rates for wrath, per capita billionaires for avarice–then culled the available data sources to rank the cities. Some of the results were surprising: Salt Lake City as America’s Vainest City. Some were not: Detroit as America’s Most Murderous.To view them on our interactive map, simply click on a cardinal sin, and the 10 worst (or best, depending on your point of view) cities for that particular vice will be displayed.

Lust

America’s Most Lustful Cities

By Rebecca Ruiz
Residents of these metros enjoy vigorous sex lives–at least their condom and contraceptive purchases at grocery and drug stores indicate as much.

Avarice

America’s Greediest Cities

By Elisabeth Eaves
The 10 U.S. cities that have the most individual fortunes per capita.

Envy

America’s Most Jealous Cities

By Michael Maiello
Better watch your belongings if you live in one of these 10 cities, where property crime rates are among the nation’s highest.

Wrath

America’s Most Murderous Cities

By David M. Ewalt
Watch your back when in these metros, the 10 with the country’s highest murder rates.

Gluttony

America’s Most Obese Cities

By Rebecca Ruiz
Once considered an affliction of the lazy and indulgent, obesity now affects about one-third of Americans, most of them in these cities.

Sloth