[Magdalen] America's Drunkest Cities

Molly Wolf lupa at kos.net
Mon Jun 13 17:27:08 UTC 2016


Vermont isn't a nation???

The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. -- Mark Twain

> On Jun 13, 2016, at 1:23 PM, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 13/06/2016 17:40, Charles Wohlers wrote:
>> I do see that many of them are host to a large university - no surprise there. I don't recall lots of drinking in Ames, Iowa, the year I spent there - but that was 40 years ago. I do remember thinking that, if one drives 4 hours in any direction (from Ames), it's all *exactly the same*. Which may be one reason for the high rates of drinking in the Midwest.
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>> I also might note that no place in Vermont made the list, in spite of the fact that we have more breweries per capita than any other state.
> 
> If VT were a nation then it would be good for the balance of trade - sell the stull elsewhere.  As it is the breweries will boost the local economy while (Hopefully) the problems from drunkenness are elsewhere, so don'y need police time and dollars to sort out.
> 
> Roger



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