Dry Counties... (today)

[harborlady]

Originally Posted by AliceT

I'd be interested to know where those stats came from and how they can possibly be accurate. I mean, there is a stigma with drinking - what with drinking and driving, drinking and domestic disturbances, drinking at sporting events, drinking and hunting, you get the picture. It doesn't take a PhD to know it is better to be conservative with your answer if anyone in a position of authority asks, "How much do you drink?" A heavy drinker will never answer that question honestly.

I am aware that I am not the only one buying liquor in NH in my travels. For heaven's sake, the liquor stores are right off the interstate and many are incorporated into rest areas. It's really hard to miss them - with signs on and over the interstate directing motorists to them.

I would think that NH would be top on the list. But apparently, the stats have nothing to do with liquor sales statewide. So my question comes up again - where did they get those stats?

On the link site, on the very bottom:

DEFINITION: Adult men having more than two drinks per day and adult women having more than one drink per day. Percent of respondents who answered yes.

SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004.

[thomas paine]

Consuming less as opposed to more is a good thing. Families are broken due to alcholism and people are scarred for life. So, in my view, why not make it less available. It doesn't mean you can't drink, you just don't have as many others profiting off of drinking. So, do something else with your time..like playing with your kids, and more constructive pursuits. A beer every now and then never hurt anybody however.

[blur01]

I apologize if this sounds dumb but are there fewer of the drug people in dry counties? I have a fantasy of semi-retiring and travelling around WV, renting apts. six months at a time. I did some work in Bluefield and some hiking around Marlintown and Cass, and really fell for the area. I guess I'm paranoid but I'm afraid of running into dopers in the rural areas.

[LadyLinda]

Originally Posted by Janipoo

There's a drive through in Romney, I mean you actually drive through the store and get your beer or wine. If you want liqour you have to walk in to get that though.

I recently moved from Anne Arundel county MD and they had drive up's on every corner.

In Louisa Va there was a drive thru where you coulld buy beer.
Are you sure that you can get beer in Romney? I thought you had to walk up for any alcohol.

[Janipoo]

Originally Posted by LadyLinda

In Louisa Va there was a drive thru where you coulld buy beer.
Are you sure that you can get beer in Romney? I thought you had to walk up for any alcohol.

No when you drive thru the store a guy comes out and asks you what you want. You do have to go into the little section for liquor. Here in WV they sell beer everywhere.

[LadyLinda]

Problem in Romney, .. I guess it is a problem.. but there are only maybe 20 % of teen/twenty year olds there TO buy. Most are elderly and stay home and drink. I moved out of Romney, again.. because it is such a retirement community. Th elargest crowd you see is at the Senior Center for Lunch!. Oh My, I have had a LOT of fun there in past years, like th e80's.. Evelyn's, etc was steaming with dances, fun and general good times. But now. Dead. And I am not! So I left.. right now I want to move back in the state, but not in Romney. Somewhere close to Winchester.

In the past post, I meant I know you can get beer anywhere, used to get booze at the 7-11.. I meant I thought you had to walk in the drive-thru for ANY alcohol.. I never tried.

[Retired Navy]

Just for info, I live in Jackson County WV. and to my knowledge the whole county is "wet". I know of no towns or communities that are dry by reason of city ordinance.

[MartinWV]

As far as I know, there are no dry counties in WV.

[LadyLinda]

You all not counting BEER as alcohol!
In Romney, you can buy beer anywhere... the Food Lion, 7-11, Sheetz, Market and the drive thru.. And they say you can't get hard liquor unless you walk to get it. I thought for beer too, but maybe not. But the cops only let you drink it at home in peace.!! They really want to stop anyone from drinking. It has nearly closed down the places. There used to be BARS in Romney, and at least 3 in Springfield and two between Romney and Springfield. .. Now there is the Rail and fraternal clubs. Very little fun places to go to. And not many people in those they do have. (well, in the Brass Rail I imagine they do, mostly young (to me).. Doodles on dance night, but that is OUT of town.) Cops sit across from and near all bars and catch you on your way home. The law has said they want to stop all drinking and driving. Now how are you going to get home from the bars? No taxies anymore... something else there used to be.. a taxie stand across from the post office by the VFW. Evelyens was so popular! Packed every weekend til 3-4 AM!
Bad as Hampshire County is, I am now trying to find an apt there again. My Mom is in the nursing home. But I don't go out much anymore anyway. Used to go to Doodles. Every weekend they would announce that the cops were on such and such road,, stopping EVERYONE, so find another way home. Roadblocks.
No it isn't really 'dry' yet, but they are working on it.

[David Kennedy]

What Wv did in the 1980's was go out of the liquor business.
From the end of the Depression until then the state sold the booze.
When it got to be known a little that the business was being skimmed, a new idea formed in the meat heads in Charleston.
For $50,000 almost anybody could buy a license...the businesses did and so did many
individuals. The state collected the same money but did not have the headaches of real estate upkeep and pensions/benefits.
Now the money is being made on both ends...liquor sales and law enforcement.
The easiest way to shut down a bar is to tag all the customers on a Saturday night.
Legion...VFW...everyone is going out of business...and the cops caught a priest friend of mine one night...just over the left of center...did he give the Mayor a reaming on Monday...It was the same, old same old...

drinking? Do it at home...or just give up the addiction....cheaper...safer...