I grew up in that red splotch that runs from Buffalo through Cleveland down to Pittsburgh:
Yes, there really were bars everywhere (even one across from my high school when the drinking age was 18 – although it was a place for old men not teenage boys).
I also lived in New Orleans for a decade … another red splotch.
| Rank | Metro | Bars per 10,000 households |
| 1 | New Orleans, LA | 8.6 |
| 2 | Milwaukee, WI | 8.5 |
| 3 | Omaha, NE-IA | 8.3 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh, PA | 7.9 |
| 5 | Toledo, OH | 7.2 |
| 6 | Syracuse, NY | 7.0 |
| 7 | Buffalo, NY | 6.8 |
| 8 | San Francisco, CA | 6.0 |
| 9 | Las Vegas, NV | 6.0 |
| 10 | Honolulu, HI | 5.9 |
On the other hand, I lived for 2 years in Tuscaloosa, in the pale orange splotch in central Alabama, and for 12 years now in the white parts of Utah.
I also lived for a year in the orange splotch in northern Utah. But there were no bars in the conventional sense there: you had to join a club.
Strange to go from one extreme to the other … although I think I’m glad I had the opportunity to live in the red areas when I was young.
Via The Atlantic.
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