State liquor laws

[Cancer Merchant]

Dry counties, wow. I thought those only existed on the Andy Griffith show.

[JonPKibble]

Oshkosh, WI - can't buy alcohol after 9 PM. Outside the city limits it's 12 AM I think. Not sure about other parts of the state.

[Rhone]

The state laws may not tell you enough, since many localities have their own liquor rules. For instance, the county I live in in Maryland "controls" all alcohol sales (liquor only in county run stores, which are closed Sunday; beer and wine retailers have to purchase everything through the county, which has very limited stocks), but the county next door is completely different...

[BradleyT]

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Oshkosh, WI - can't buy alcohol after 9 PM. Outside the city limits it's 12 AM I think. Not sure about other parts of the state.

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Milwaukee is the same.

Texas...

Don't believe there are but a few dry "voting precincts" left. Beer and wine any and everywhere. Even Wal-Mart.

All the convenience store/gas stops have large iced displays of beer. They have these neat little brown sacks to "package" your purchase. Nah, they aren't used to hide the can! I think most have assorted malt liquor and wine coolers.

Liquor stores open Mon-Sat, 10(?) am to 9 pm.

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[bwana devil]

in texas you can not buy liquor in the grocery store.

some counties in fact choose to be dry so you must go to the next county over to get your goods. why they choose to forgo the sales tax is beyond me. the most populated county is lubbock county which has the city of lubbock (population ~150,000 or so) and texas tech.

also dumb texas law which is common throughout the US: stores stop selling beer earlier (12pm) than the bars (2am). it encourages people to stay out and drink and drive.


hope none of the info you find out influences your decision on where youre moving.

bwana

[Cancer Merchant]

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hope none of the info you find out influences your decision on where youre moving.


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No, just getting an idea of the differences between places. I'm getting the impression that the easier it is to get a gun, the harder it is to find whiskey.

[haakee]

I think Illinois is your best bet. You can find everything in supermarkets and I don't remember any restriction on selling during certain days or certain hours of the day.

[guller]

Michigan

No purchase anywhere before noon on Sundays. No purchase on Easter or Christmas. Bars close at 2 am. Other than that you can buy it pretty much anywhere. Oh yea and no everclear either.

[Clarkmeister]

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Michigan

No purchase anywhere before noon on Sundays. No purchase on Easter or Christmas. Bars close at 2 am. Other than that you can buy it pretty much anywhere. Oh yea and no everclear either.

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Yeah, but doesn't Michigan have that irritating recycling deposit law where everything costs extra til you return the empties?