The joys of living in a dry county

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The joys of living in a dry county

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less crime

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1) Wet counties in Arkansas have 60% more law enforcement personnel per capita than dry counties.
2) Dry counties had a 245% higher rate of population growth than wet counties.
3) DUI's were 35% higher per capita in wet counties.
4) Aggravated assaults were a whopping 180% higher per capita in wet counties
5) Prostitution was a whopping-er 263% higher per capita in wet counties
6) Robberies were an astounding 299% higher per capita in wet counties
7) Rape was 59% higher per capita in wet counties
8) Murder was 107% higher per capita in wet counties
9) Life expectancy was 18 months greater in dry counties
10) 65% more drug/narcotics use in wet counties

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Using legalization as an instrument, we show that issuing an on-premises liquor license is associated with 4 to 5 additional violent crimes per year. Reduced-form estimates suggest that legalizing the sale of alcohol to the general public for on-premises consumption is associated with a 10 to 25 percent increase in violent crime

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never mind. Don't want to get started on this debate

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2) Dry counties had a 245% higher rate of population growth than wet counties

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Don't believe



So calls into question the rest of the stats.


I grew up in a dry county in Arkansas and the population in that particular county has contracted over the last 30 years, and I would suspect that would be the case with many rural dry counties.

Meanwhile, without looking it up, I'm going to guess that the populations of Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, etc etc. haven't contracted in the last 30 years.

Would like to see list of dry counties that have expanded their population.

Probably one dry county that went from a population of 50 to 1,000 and given equal weighting in order to skew the entire %.

Your source is a blog that has no sources...

After living out of the Bible Belt for a few years, the thought of dry counties has become laughable to me. Not to mention this fact:

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I can't believe its still like this. Not for not against. Marajuna is right around the corner and we still have dry counties.

I remember when I moved to Arkansas and had to have the "Member Cards" at resturants in Baxter County and Boone was still dry (2011). Then Boone County went wet and had 1 resturant and 1 liquor store. Then a few months later there were tons of liquor stores popping up.

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2) Dry counties had a 245% higher rate of population growth than wet counties.

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Meh, that's extremely skewed by the fact that Benton County was dry until recently.

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3) DUI's were 35% higher per capita in wet counties.

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Well no shite

Yeah, in 2012, the dry counties would have included Benton County, the fastest growing in the state. They went wet and they're growing as fast or faster now than they were then.

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plus people deserve the choice to live in a wet or dry county

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I live in a wet county and prefer it that way, but I completely agree with this, and it's why I was pretty vehemently opposed to the Arkansas Alcohol Beverage Amendment in last year's election which would've made the entire state wet.

Wet counties have a far higher percentage of football games played in them that I would actually watch.

I'm sure there's a good correlation between on-premises liquor licenses and stoplights, too.