Display Morereminds me of when I was somewhere in the Dallas area ( I think) and I'd stopped work for the day. Was going to get some beer and find a hotel. Walked into a convenience store and couldn't find the beer. So I asked. The cashier looked at me like I was from mars. Dry county.
The next place I could by beer was miles away. I was pissed.
Texas has 196 partially dry counties and 5 completely dry counties. The Texas nanny state.
I just wanted to get drunk to try to wash Texas out of my mind and I couldn't.
Back in my college days I was at a party out of state. I was STUNNED to see beer being sold in a convenience store (Wawa). It was such an alien thing. Back in PA, beer was sold at Beer Distributors by the case. ONLY. Liquor was sold at the state-run liquor store. ONLY.
There was a big legislative session to break up these monopolies. We literally had a party and watched it happen on the CSPAN local channel. After a few places snuck through on a loophole, we're finally seeing beer and wine being sold at super markets. And Beer Distributors are now selling stuff less than a case.
It only took ~15 years.