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Contents 1 Liquor Stores versus Bars & Restaurants ("Private Clubs") 2 Dry Counties in Virginia 3 Dry Counties in Alabama 4 New Jersey And Massachusetts 5 Map Image

[edit] Liquor Stores versus Bars & Restaurants ("Private Clubs")

"Dry County" is often a deceptive designation, an anachronism turned legal fiction, at least in the case of, say Denton County, Texas, which is 'legally' dry, but you will find beer & liquor for sale in the restaurants & bars of Denton, Texas, because they are classified (legally) as "private clubs" which can serve alcohol to "members only"...membership is often free, and a nominal fee must be paid to a 3rd party agency that keeps track of one's "memberships". It is cumbersome and rather silly...the county is kept "dry", in the legal sense, mainly to placate religious constituencies, but the legalistic work-around is pleasing to restaurant owners & bar owners. I suppose an argument can be made that this extra layer of legal bureaucracy helps to discourage underage drinking, but a scientific, sociological study would be in order to verify if this conjecture is true. It does nothing to stop the legal and copious consumption of alcohol by many University of North Texas students in the Fry Street district in this "Dry" county. -JohnRonald (talk · contribs) - 07:22, 22 May 2005

[edit] Dry Counties in Virginia

I wanted to point out that the map of dry counties in Virginia seems to be outdated. Take Mecklenburg County, for instance. There are multiple ABC stores in the county and several places that sell off-premise beer along with several restaurants that serve beer/liquor on-premise. As I know from living in VA for 11 years, Pittsylvania, Campbell, Appomattox, and Louisa are completely wet. The rest of the counties I do not know for sure, however. I would not be surprised if Southwest VA still has dry counties. Radio-x 06:24, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dry Counties in Alabama

The map is also wrong for Alabama; Jefferson County (home of Birmingham) is far from completely dry, as the map suggests. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lackcomm (talk • contribs) 14:37, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

In the northeast corner of the state, there is also a lot of wrong info. Jackson County was moist as far back as 1993, and Cherokee and Dekalb have both went moist in the last three. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.232.71.125 (talk) 00:11, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New Jersey And Massachusetts

How is Cape May county dry. Yes, Ocean City is in Cape May County, and I think West Cape May borough is dry, but the Wildwoods are as wet as they come. Does anyone have a reason beyond the few dry municipalities in the county. because I don't think there is any county law specifically and significantly restricting alcohol further than state law.

And whats with the western 4 counties of Mass being dry. In fact, I have seen both beer and wine being sold in supermarkets in that part of the state, which is something that's not normally allowed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.230.232.48 (talk) 14:25, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Map Image

In the map, it says: "Wet Counties" and "Wet Counties" for two different colors, what is the difference? Please fix. WikiDon (talk) 06:24, 20 April 2008 (UTC)