• TexasDrunk@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I lived in a dry county growing up. If someone was headed “across the bridge” it meant they were heading to the border of the next county where they had a bar and 4 liquor stores within a half mile stretch.

    It’s weird that I grew up in a county that didn’t sell alcohol but there were more liquor stores within 10 miles than there were grocery stores.

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      8 months ago

      Username checks out. Dry/wet town/county lines are a very common experience there

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        8 months ago

        When you’re as drunk and Texan as I am you know where to go to get liquor.

        It’s getting less prevalent. Last I heard my hometown is now wet and the closest town down the street serves beer at the only restaurant there. In the last 20 years things have started loosening up a little.