Comment by thinkingtoilet
3 days ago
Let's be honest. A lot of previous partying was made possible by lots and lots and lots of drinking and driving. That of course still goes on today, but nearly at the levels of the past.
3 days ago
Let's be honest. A lot of previous partying was made possible by lots and lots and lots of drinking and driving. That of course still goes on today, but nearly at the levels of the past.
Or walkable neighbourhoods, or public transportation.
I live in a rural area. Neither of those things were ever an option. It was always drinking and driving out here.
I would say prices and economy play as large of a role.
When I was in university we thrived on nickel drafts and dive bars.
These days it's $10/cocktail + cover charge.
Yeah it’s just the prices honestly
That was before Uber...
I live in a rural area. Uber is not a reliable option late at night.
> That was before Uber...
Get outside a major urban area and it's extremely difficult to find an Uber at the hours when you'd expect to be leaving a party to go home.
Heck, this is true even in some suburbs of New York City.
The chart still shows a good amount of partying around 2009.
People were drinking and driving in 1800s New England?
I would gamble that people were drinking and driving hours after the invention of the wheel.
In point of fact people kept alcohol in their cars to be drank while driving back then.
Well, they had self-driving transportation back then so more like drinking and riding.
I am sure there were plenty of sauced stage coach drivers and horsemen.
Your horse knows the way home and will be happy to get your there without help from you (hoping that when you are there you are sober enough to get the harness off so he can finally enjoy a rest at home)
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