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That's what I was thinking as well. I stayed there for a week once and it was quite an odd place. Very empty, no police, few cars (but you could drive a golf
by soylentcola 7y ago
That's what I was thinking as well. I stayed there for a week once and it was quite an odd place. Very empty, no police, few cars (but you could drive a golf cart around the island in not too much time).
Technically a "dry" island but the ferry guy has no problem bringing over alcohol for tourists or those who pay him. Met some interesting characters there.
- delinka 7y ago"Dry" just means it can't be sold there. Doesn't mean you can't own it there. Buy it outside, bring it in.
- darkpuma 7y agoThat's what it always means in the lower 48, though notably in Alaska there are some communities that are true dry, in that they outlaw simple possession as well. In Alaska, they use the term "damp" to describe places where you can own but not buy alcohol and "dry" to describe places where ownership and sale are both prohibited.
- pavon 7y agoAs another nuance, some dry counties have had pretty strict enforcement of public intoxication laws as well (as in if you can't legally drive, don't try walking home from a friends house either), while others were no different than wet counties.