How sinful is Augusta? New study ranks city's greed, vices and more.

Atlanta is one of the most sinful cities in America according to a study by WalletHub, a financial company that says it’s dedicated to helping people improve their wealth.

The Georgia capital is the fourth most sinful city, the study revealed, ranking it behind only Las Vegas, Houston and Los Angeles.

The study also ranked Augusta (113) and Columbus (119) among 182 U.S. cities in the study.

The study asked what leads people to partake in sinful behavior. It ranked 182 U.S. cities across seven key categories such as lust, greed, anger and hatred, vices and jealousy.

Augusta ranked 17th in excesses and vices and near the bottom (179) in greed. Columbus was 178th in greed.

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Why is Atlanta ranked high as a sinful city?

Atlanta was determined to be the number 1 city in America for jealousy. The ranking was determined by the most thefts per 1,000 residents, the most identity-theft complaints per capita and fraud and other complaints per capita.

Atlanta also ranked second in lust rankings and ninth in anger and hatred.

Lust was determined by the number of adult entertainment establishments per capita, search interest for ‘XXX entertainment’, search traffic for the term ‘Tinder’ and teen birth rates.

Anger and hatred weighed violent crime rates, bullying rates, hate crime incidents, hate groups, sex offenders and more.

Source: WalletHub

How did Augusta rank?

Augusta ranked 128th in anger and hatred, 67th in jealousy, 17th in excesses and vices, 179th in greed, 62nd in lust, 128th in vanity, and 37th in laziness.

Atlanta as a sinful city. Where did it rank low?

Atlanta ranked near the bottom in greed rank (169) and excesses and vices rank (104). Greed took into account number of casinos and adults with gambling disorders per capita. No surprise, three Nevada cities tied for the top spot in the greed ranking.

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Excesses and vices took into account number of obese adults, fast-food establishments, excessive drinking, opioid use, marijuana use and more.

Other sinful rankings for Atlanta

The study also calculated vanity and laziness. Atlanta ranked 10th in vanity, number of tanning salons and searches for plastic surgery, and 64th in laziness.

Ryne Dennis is the Deep South Connect Team Editor for Gannett/USA Today. Find him on X @RyneDennis and email at rdennis@onlineathens.com.

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