These Texas Cities Are Among The Most Sinful Cities In America, Study Shows

Wallethub recently compared more than 180 cities to determine the most sinful cities in America and several Texas cities made the list.

Houston was the highest-placing city in Texas, coming in at number four. The city placed second in the "lust" rank and fifth overall for "most adult entertainment establishments per capita."

Here are the other Texas cities that made the list:

• Dallas- 15
• San Antonio- 36
• Austin- 41
• Fort Worth- 77
• Lubbock- 87
• Amarillo- 93
• Arlington- 103
• Corpus Christi- 108
• Irving- 115
• El Paso- 116
• Garland- 126
• Grand Prairie- 127
• Brownsville- 148
• Laredo- 160
• Plano- 165

Laredo placed first overall for "highest percentage of adults who do not exercise."

Here are the top ten most sinful cities on the list:

1. Las Vegas, NV
2. Los Angeles, CA
3. St. Louis, MO
4. Houston, TX
5. Atlanta, GA
6. Miami, FL
7. Philadephia, PA
8. Denver, CO
9. Washington, D.C.
10. New York, NY

To determine the list, Wallethub compared 182 cities across seven key dimensions: anger and hatred, jealousy, excesses and vices, greed, lust, vanity, and laziness.

The seven key dimensions were then examined using 32 relevant metrics including violent crimes, thefts per 1,000 residents, share of obese adults, casinos per capita, adult entertainment establishments per capita, tanning salons per capita, and share of adults not exercising.

To see the full list of cities, click here.

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