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Other things aside, could cold /not "pleasant" weather cause people to drink more?
by onetimemanytime 8y ago
Other things aside, could cold /not "pleasant" weather cause people to drink more?
- Waterluvian 8y agoIceland, Sweden, Norway, etc. All make it into the high 80s on that site. So do other cold regions. I doubt their alcoholism is as troublesome.
- swebs 8y agoSwedish alcohol taxes are so high that its impossible to be alcoholic unless you're well off. It's a pretty big problem in Finland with a 30% alcoholism rate. Finnish alcohol taxes are somewhat high as well, but many people in Helsinki bypass that by buying from Estonia. https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/finlands_unacknowledged_problem_alcoholism/9062483 https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/finlands_unacknowledged_p... https://nordic.businessinsider.com/alcoholism-finland-2016-8/ https://nordic.businessinsider.com/alcoholism-finland-2016-8...
- vkou 8y agoIt's not the weather, it's your life prospects. If you're living in developed, cosmopolitan, prosperous Moscow[1], it's one thing. If you're living in a small, dying, de-industrialized Soviet-era town in the middle of nowhere, your life probably sucks, your local government is incredibly corrupt, your future economic prospects are non-existent, but a bottle of vodka costs $3 USD, and will make you happy for an hour. [1] Average life expectancy in Moscow? 77 years (The US is at 79). Average life expectancy in Russia? 71 years.