In my state of Ohio the smallest unit to decide about the sale of alcoholic
drink by the glass is the precinct.  And the roll of dry and wet precinct
is meaningless.  For instance, in my "city" of Oxford, the only wet
precincts are the commercial districts with restaurants and grocery stores.
 The dry precincts are purely residential.  In other words, living in a dry
precinct does not affect the ability to buy alcoholic drink any more than
living in aprecinct without a video store affects the ability to rent a movie.

At 03:27 PM 1/24/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>i haven't consulted the brewers almanac, which may well exhaust the
>subject, but the question is not properly framed in terms of dry
>"counties."  the first issue concerns the smallest level of government that
>can prohibit alcohol sales in a given state.  in many states, if not most,
>this would indeed be the county; but in massachusetts, for example, i
>believe the town is the relevant jurisdiction.  thus, belmont, which sits
>cheek by jowl with cambridge, is dry.  i think arlington is dry also.
>early in the 20th c., some southern california cities were dry while the
>surrounding counties of los angeles and orange were not (pasadena and
>redlands, for instance).  jb
>
>
>At 11:28 AM 01/24/2000 -0800, you wrote:
>>Consult the Brewers Almanac (for table of contents, see
>>http://www.beerinst.org/almanac/toc.html , Table 71).
>>
>>Ron
>>
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>>From: jonathan highfield <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: dry counties.
>>Date: Monday, January 24, 2000 10:33 AM
>>
>>I was wondering if  you had any information on exsisting dry counties in
>>the U.S. How many are still out there and where they are located.Any
>>information you could help me with on dry counties would greatly be
>>appreciated..Thank you for your time.
>>
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