March 7, 2010

America’s Beer Belt

The red dots are the areas with a higher ratio of bars to grocery stores.

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posted by Josh Weichhand in alcohol, geography, society, sociology | * | 8 comments 

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  1. Phil Bebbington on March 7th, 2010 at 10:35 am

    Well, there certainly were not any bars when I landed late one night in Mena, Arkansas! In fact, I very quickly learned the whole of Polk County was dry! It’s a good job I don’t wet shave or I swear I would have slit my throat. Eating in an Italian restaurant with water drink was one of the more surreal evenings of my life.

  2. Phil Bebbington on March 7th, 2010 at 10:52 am

    In fact everywhere I went I seem to have been up against it! I need to examine this map closely before my next trip.

    Hey, Cooper, it seems down your way there is neither!

  3. Sheila Ryan on March 7th, 2010 at 11:28 am

    Here in the Driftless Region, you may note, a man can always find himself a drink.

    In fact, there are loads of little Wisconsin towns comprised of one church and five taverns.

  4. Phil Bebbington on March 7th, 2010 at 11:33 am

    I thought Wisconsin looked rather red – mental note made.

  5. Sheila Ryan on March 7th, 2010 at 11:35 am

    Starting in Illinois, the beer belly expands up into Wisconsin and first spreads westward through Iowa/Minnesota and then engulfs Nebraska, and the Dakotas before petering out (like a pair of love handles) in Wyoming and Montana.

  6. Michael Smith on March 7th, 2010 at 3:12 pm

    But you can buy booze 24hrs a day in grocery stores in California.

  7. Lucy Foley on March 7th, 2010 at 3:18 pm

    Ditto New Orleans. Also in 24 hour pharmacies in New Orleans.

  8. Sheila Ryan on March 7th, 2010 at 3:52 pm

    Ah, Louisiana. Drive-through daiquiri shacks.

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