Truth be told, San Antonio among most honest in U.S.





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Honolulu, Hawaii: 100 percent less San Antonio makes a pretty good showing among cities in the U.S. in regard to honesty, according to the National Honesty Index.



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SAN ANTONIO — Truth be told, San Antonio is one of the most honest cities in the nation, according to a new study.

The study, staged by organic tea company Honest Tea, set up unattended racks of the company's beverages offered for $1 on the honor system in 60 locations across all 50 states and Washington, D.C. At each site, information was collected including the number of people who paid or stole as well as other traits such as gender and hair color, according to a news release.

About 28,000 people participated in the experiment.

San Antonio came in fifth place with an honesty rate of 96 percent, according to the study.

The Alamo City shared that percentage with Greenville, South Carolina; Arlington, Virginia; Salt Lake City; Las Vegas; Los Angeles; San Francisco; Washington, D.C.; and Baltimore.

"We seek to infuse honesty into everything we do from the way we run the company to the organic ingredients we use, so we developed this experiment to see if people around the country share that same value," Seth Goldman, co-founder and TeaEO of Honest Tea, said in the news release. "The 95% honesty rate that we saw this year suggests that Americans are a lot more honest than we give ourselves credit for."

Honolulu topped the list with a 100 percent honesty rate.

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