Booze till you’re broke: Over 75% of New Yorkers admit to ‘financial hangovers’ after drinking
Bottoms up – and bank account down.
Over three-fourths of liquor-loving New Yorkers confessed they’ve experienced “financial hangovers,” or the dreaded feeling that a night of drinking left their bank account hammered, according to a new survey.
Of the 318 Gothamites questioned, half admitted they’ve thrown caution to the wind by not setting a budget for a boozy night out, according to the survey by casino.org.
And 66% of the respondents said they avoided assessing the punch to their bank balance between evening festivities.
By the next morning, 91% of respondents said they’ve waken up feeling anxious about how much dough they dished out the night before.
Big Apple partiers wait an average of over two full days to face the music, check their bank account and assess the damage of their booze-fueled purchases, the survey startlingly revealed.
The top culprit of night-out spending among New Yorkers is food, with almost 50% of respondents admitting to forking over too much for drunken munchies.
In second place, 34% said they regretted spending so much money on drinks.
Nearly 3% of respondents confessed that they were too drunk to remember what they bought during a night out, and didn’t bother to figure it out later.
Spending approximately $250 in one night is enough to make the average New Yorker feel financially fuzzy on top of their physical hangover, the survey found.
Nationwide, 75% of 3,000 American respondents copped to experiencing a financial hangover at least once before, according to the same survey.
The Empire State had the 10th-highest number of aching and overdrawn respondents in the country, with 77%, while Oregon ranked first, with 94%.
Good-mannered New Hampshirites and Iowans tied in last place, with a responsible 56% of respondents from each state having experienced a financial hangover.
