2. San Francisco

25 Craziest Cities in America

Psychiatrists per capita: 1
Stress: 57
Eccentricity: 2
Drinking: 11 (tie)
Local Character: Samir “Sammy” Keishk spent 18 months and $12,000 working on a 2,260-pound rubber-band ball in a quest to set a Guinness world record.
Rob, left, Patti, right, and Harper Lord, center, celebrate Halloween on Fair Oaks street In San Francisco, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009. (AP Photo/Russel A. Daniels)

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Where Are all th... For these crazy times, The Daily Beast decided to rank America’s craziest cities using four criteria:
• Psychiatrists per capita: How many shrinks there are to fill the therapy demand per person, with data from the Census and Citysearch.com. Read: The lower the score, the more psychiatrists per capita.
• Stress: Emotional and mental health, based on a 2008 national survey by Gallup-Healthways.
• Eccentricity: How crazy, wacky, and weird each city is, compiled with help from travel writer, and student of all things eccentric, Mike Barish.
• Drinking: Whether the metropolitan area’s residents are heavy drinking, defined as two drinks a day or more for men, and one drink a day or more for women. With data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2008.
So, which city falls the furthest south of normal? Keep reading to find out.
25. Newark, N.J. Psychiatrists per capita: 13 out of 57
Stress: 4 out of 57
Eccentricity: 46 out of 57
Drinking: 42 (tie) out of 57
Crazy Law: It is illegal to sell ice cream after 6 p.m.—unless the customer has a note from his doctor.
In this photo, mothers look through plastic eggs to win a diamond ring in the out field at minor league Newark Bears and Eagles Riverfront Stadium in Newark, N.J., on Mothers Day, Sunday, May 14, 2006. (AP Photo/Mike Derer)
24. Baltimore, M... Psychiatrists per capita: 5
Stress: 41
Eccentricity: 25
Drinking: 34
Colorful Character: Crime novelist Laura Lippman takes readers on an underground tour of Baltimore in her quirky bestsellers, visiting such attractions as Orpheus, a 24-foot naked statue on the grounds of Fort McHenry.
In this photo, friends hold a homemade beer bong for fellow infield revelers, during preliminary races prior to the Preakness Stakes horse race. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
23. Kansas City,... Psychiatrists per capita: 35
Stress: 21
Eccentricity: 13
Drinking: 32 (tie)
Colorful Character: Joseph Stephen O'Laughlin, a former waiter at the Kansas City pizza shop Waldo's, erected a bathroom memorial in his own honor that is decorated with a polka dot floor, fluorescent ceiling, disco balls and a singing fish. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
22. San Diego Psychiatrists per capita: 7
Stress: 53
Eccentricity: 18
Drinking: 22 (tie)
Local Color: Before it fell in a 2008 storm, a literal tree of shoes (hundreds!) stood on a grassy slope in San Diego’s Balboa Park, where visitors could challenge themselves with attempts to toss a pair on a branch or, even more difficult, to retrieve one.
21. St. Louis, M... Psychiatrists per capita: 20
Stress: 23
Eccentricity: 34
Drinking: 22 (tie)
Local Color: Despite Missouri’s generally lenient open-container laws (read: there aren’t many), it is illegal on the curb of any city street to drink beer from a bucket. (AP Photo/Bill Boyce)
20. Columbus, Oh... Psychiatrists per capita: 39
Stress: 13
Eccentricity: 37
Drinking: 8
Local Color: The Basket Building in Newark, a city 33 miles outside of Columbus, is exactly what it sounds like: a seven-story replica of a hand-woven basket. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon)
19. Seattle Psychiatrists per capita: 8
Stress: 56
Eccentricity: 8
Drinking: 25 (tie)
Crazy Law: On Sundays, it is illegal to purchase a mattress, television, or any kind of meat. On all days, it is illegal to pretend that your parents are wealthy. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
18. Pittsburgh Psychiatrists per capita: 22
Stress: 18
Eccentricity: 39
Drinking: 16
Crazy Law: It is illegal to sleep outside on top of a refrigerator. (AP Photo/Chris Gardner)
17. Portland, Or... Psychiatrists per capita: 18
Stress: 49
Eccentricity: 7
Drinking: 20 (tie)
Local Color: The Portland Alien Museum, the only UFO museum west of Roswell, New Mexico, features newspaper stories about close encounters with aliens as well as evidence from the Roswell incident.
Jeanne Spencer and her daughter Mikenna stop to take a look at Jake the Crab as he keeps a watchful eye over the Governor Hotel in Portland, Ore., Saturday June 7, 1997. The giant dungeness crab was put up as part of the Portland Rose Festival. (AP Photo/Steve Slocum)
16. Denver Psychiatrists per capita: 16
Stress: 24
Eccentricity: 38
Drinking: 14 (tie)
Crazy Law: It is illegal to lend your vacuum cleaner to your next-door neighbor. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
15. Memphis Psychiatrists per capita: 40
Stress: 1
Eccentricity: 10
Drinking: 38 (tie)
Crazy Law: Panhandlers must first obtain a $10 permit before begging on the streets of downtown Memphis.(AP Photo/Greg Campbell)
14. Louisville Psychiatrists per capita: 12
Stress: 12
Eccentricity: 26
Drinking: 38 (tie)
Local Color: Local slogan (with hat tip to Austin): Keep Louisville Weird. (AP Photo/James Crisp)
13. Cleveland Psychiatrists per capita: 11
Stress: 2 (tie)
Eccentricity: 43
Drinking: 29
Crazy Law: Women are forbidden from wearing patent leather shoes, so that men will not see the reflections of their underwear. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)
12. Austin, Texa... Psychiatrists per capita: 33
Stress: 46
Eccentricity: 3
Drinking: 1 (tie)
Colorful Character: Keep Austin Weird: In 1988, Vince Hannemann began building his Cathedral of Junk, which, today, is a trashy hub packed with 60 tons of castoffs: lawnmower wheels, car bumpers, kitchen utensils, ladders, cables, bottles, circuit boards, bicycle parts, bric-a-brac, and a lot of unidentifiable junk.
Iggy Pop performs in the crowd during his set with the Stooges at the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas on Saturday, March 17, 2007. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett)
11. Oakland Psychiatrists per capita: 14
Stress: 43
Eccentricity: 6
Drinking: 20 (tie)
Local Color: The Pardee Home Museum in Oakland contains human skulls that were reportedly stolen from a South American cemetery. (AP Photo/John Marshall)
10. New Orleans Psychiatrists per capita: 3
Stress: 30
Eccentricity: 1
Drinking: 49 (tie)
Colorful Character: Bloody Mary (nee Mary Millan) is a New Orleans native who brings paying (and gullible) tourists on ghost hunts and voodoo rituals throughout the city. (AP Photo/Tiffany K. Goodell)
9. San Antonio Psychiatrists per capita: 42
Stress: 8
Eccentricity: 23
Drinking: 9
Colorful Character: Retired plumber Barney Smith is a master toilet seat-decorator, with more than 600 on display at his museum in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
8. Tucson Psychiatrists per capita: 21
Stress: 17
Eccentricity: 35
Drinking: 4
Crazy Law: If attacked by a criminal or burglar, you may only protect yourself with the same weapon that the other person possesses.
7. New York City Psychiatrists per capita: 4
Stress: 19
Eccentricity: 4
Drinking: 49 (tie)
Colorful Character: Robert John Burck, better known as the Naked Cowboy to anyone who’s ever walked through (or heard of) Times Square, stuns and entertains passersby with his outfit: cowboy boots, a hat, and briefs that he hides with a guitar. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)
6. Philadelphia Psychiatrists per capita: 30
Stress: 2 (tie)
Eccentricity: 16
Drinking: 27
Local Color: In Philadelphia, New Year’s Day means one thing: Mummers. Every year on January 1, some 10,000 men and women dress up in exotic, often satirical, brilliantly colored costumes and sashay up one of the city’s main streets. (AP Photo/Rusty Kennedy)
5. Las Vegas Psychiatrists per capita: 55
Stress: 9
Eccentricity: 9
Drinking: 1 (tie)
Local Color: Gamblers looking to make an apt political statement should visit Las Vegas’ Main Street Station Casino, where male patrons are invited to relieve themselves on a large chunk of the Berlin Wall. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)
4. Milwaukee Psychiatrists per capita: 10
Stress: 33 (tie)
Eccentricity: 29
Drinking: 1 (tie)
Colorful Character: 36-year-old Don Gorske, who lives an hour away from Milwaukee, is known as the "Big Mac Enthusiast" for having eaten over 23,000 Big Macs in his lifetime. That's two a day for 30 years. (AP Photo/Ron Kuenstler)
3. Providence, R... Psychiatrists per capita: 6
Stress: 38
Eccentricity: 21
Drinking: 7
Local Color: An local group last year created a 1,350-foot-long strand of red and white beads, breaking the Guinness world record.
John Frazer, front-center, playing saxophone, and other musicians gather in Providence, R.I., for the city's First-Night festivities, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2002. The festivities included a fireworks display, puppet shows and dancing performances. (AP Photo/Jim Rogash)
2. San Francisco Psychiatrists per capita: 1
Stress: 57
Eccentricity: 2
Drinking: 11 (tie)
Local Character: Samir “Sammy” Keishk spent 18 months and $12,000 working on a 2,260-pound rubber-band ball in a quest to set a Guinness world record.
Rob, left, Patti, right, and Harper Lord, center, celebrate Halloween on Fair Oaks street In San Francisco, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009. (AP Photo/Russel A. Daniels)
1. Cincinnati Psychiatrists per capita: 31
Stress: 5
Eccentricity: 12
Drinking: 17 (tie)
Colorful Character: Jim Bonaminio won a local contest by creating a suite that looked like a grubby port-a-potty on the outside, but really led to a 10-stall restroom replete with flowers, marble, soft tile and tropical pictures.
Canoers, in large 12 person canoes, take part in races on the Ohio River during Paddlefest in downtown Cincinnati, Saturday, July 8, 2006. Paddlers traveled six miles down the Ohio River to downtown Cincinnati and took part in canoe and raft races during the river festival. (AP Photo/Tom Uhlman)
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