Why Dallas sucks ass

[Deff Gordon]

*no alcohol sales at a grocery store. why can't i get beer & wine at the same place i get groceries??? why? because it's a controlled monopoly. vendors paid the big bucks for the ability to sell in the regulated "wet" areas. corruption!

*the DISD sucks. if i had kids, they certainly wouldn't go to a dallas public school.

*City fucking Hall. it's a fucking circus. 'nuff said.

these are just a few of the things that piss me off... feel free to add.

[DREX]

a city can suck for only one reason....the people in it

im sure the public schools in SF or NYC suck as well

and corruption and local government is like peanut butter and jelly

dallas' biggest problem is apathy

[Deff Gordon]

Originally Posted by DREX

dallas' biggest problem is apathy

you are correct sir.

i'm just a bit chapped that i have to drive 5 miles to buy some beer... when other cities allow beer & wine sales at their grocery store. think of all the energy we could save if they did away with the dry areas. we could put a laser show on top of reunion tower and run fog machines 24/7.

[Ash]

I can get beer and wine at Kroger. ????

[umalak_]

here are two more to add to your list:

the Mavs are in town
the Cowboys are in town

[david austin]

Originally Posted by nitetripp

you are correct sir.

i'm just a bit chapped that i have to drive 5 miles to buy some beer... when other cities allow beer & wine sales at their grocery store. think of all the energy we could save if they did away with the dry areas. we could put a laser show on top of reunion tower and run fog machines 24/7.

isnt all of dallas wet??

all of the stores in the HP, whiterock, lakewood areas sell beer and wine.

[Deff Gordon]

Originally Posted by david austin

isnt all of dallas wet??

all of the stores in the HP, whiterock, lakewood areas sell beer and wine.

HP is it's own city. all of north dallas is dry except for a block or coner here and there that was paid off to some city official to make it wet.

[Croix]

Originally Posted by nitetripp

*no alcohol sales at a grocery store in the 'burbs.

fixed

[DREX]

interesting info.......


Alcoholic Beverage Laws in Texas

Although National Prohibition of alcohol ended more than 70 years ago, over 50 counties in Texas are considered “dry” by law. But that’s only the beginning of the patchwork of the state’s confusing alcohol laws.

“In some counties, only 4 percent beer is legal. In others, beverages that are 14 percent or less alcohol are legal. In some ‘dry’ areas, you can get a mixed drink by paying to join a ‘private club,’ and in some ‘wet’ areas you still need a club membership to get liquor-by-the-drink,” reports the Star-Telegram.

The newspaper demonstrates how confusing the alcohol laws can be. “Move from Fort Worth to Arlington and you’ll be surprised that you can buy beer but not wine at the grocery store. Move to Grand Prairie and you can’t even find beer there, but you can buy alcoholic drinks at restaurants in both towns. Then move to Burelson, which has alcohol sales in the Tarrant County portion of the city but not in the Johnson County side of town.”

Unfortunately, areas with strong anti-alcohol laws tend to have higher rates of alcohol-related problems, such as drunken driving.


References:

* Labbe, J.R. You may need a drink to understand our liquor laws. Star-Telegram, 5-16-04;
* Hanson, David J. Preventing Alcohol Abuse. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1995, chapter 3.





Dry Counties Have Many More Alcohol-Related Traffic Fatalities than Wet Counties

Over the past five years, completely dry counties in Texas had over three and one-half times the number of alcohol-related traffic fatalities per capita than completely wet counties. Dry counties averaged 6.8 alcohol-related traffic deaths per 10,000 people, whereas wet counties had 1.9 deaths per 10,000 people. This, according to data from the National Center for Statistics and Analysis of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

This is consistent with earlier research elsewhere. For example, a study of about 39,000 alcohol-related traffic accidents in wet compared to dry counties in Kentucky found that a higher proportion of dry counties' residents are involved in such crashes.

It appears that residents of dry counties have to drive farther from their homes to consume alcohol, thus increasing impaired driving exposure.


Reference:

* Alam, Hina. Statistics show alcohol-related deaths don’t play favorites with wet/dry issue. Lufkin Daily News, October 29, 2006.

[david austin]

Originally Posted by nitetripp

HP is it's own city. all of north dallas is dry.

i meant area... like that massive kroger right across 75 from SMU

[Ash]

yeah i dont get the certain parts of Dallas are dry thing.

[Ash]

that's what I like about the Austin area. With all those Germans living down there, you'd be hard pressed to find an area that doesn't sell booze.

[umalak_]

why can't you just go to the liquor store? i don't see why it's such a big deal to buy it at the grocery store.

[Enchilada]

we have that damn dj merritt

[Ash]

because liquor stores mark up the prices you dodo. plus, you can't buy groceries at the liquor store.