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Pretty amazing that someone can rave so much about konbinis and not mention that next to their fridge of cold drinks they will inevitably have an equally large

Pretty amazing that someone can rave so much about konbinis and not mention that next to their fridge of cold drinks they will inevitably have an equally large or larger fridge of cheap booze, sold at all hours.

robjan 5y ago
In Hong Kong we call it Club 7/11
OJFord 5y ago
The America you're implicitly contrasting that too is more the odd one out there than Japan, globally.
- pessimizer 5y ago
  In Chicago, the 7-11 on my corner doesn't just have beer and wine, it has whiskey and vodka.
  - OJFord 5y ago
    But has a curfew on sales right? Or are you saying it's state dependent and - err.. Illinois? - is more lax? Every supermarket, convenience store, petrol station, etc. sells beer, wine, whisky, vodka, whatever, around the clock here. So I just meant that that's not 'wow Japan', (I'm in the UK, but it's true of most of Europe too IME) it's 'wow outside America' - or 'my state' etc. depending per first paragraph.
    - chiph 5y ago
      Yes, alcohol sales are set by the individual state (and sometimes county) in the US. Here in North Carolina, you can buy beer & wine in a restaurant, supermarket, movie theater, etc. (subject to licensing and state Blue Laws [0] governing times when they can be sold), but hard liquor is sold in a state-run Alcohol Beverage Control [1] store. When you hear the phrase "Dry County" that's a county which does not allow alcohol sales at all [2]. Today, North Carolina has just one dry county - Graham, near the Tennessee border. So if you live near a state border it's not uncommon to do your alcohol shopping in the adjacent state if the laws and taxes there are more lax. But there can be personal-consumption transportation limits, which if you exceed you can be charged with bootlegging [3]. Story time: There is a discount liquor store in South Carolina just across the state line, south of the city of Charlotte. Many years ago the North Carolina ABC department sent an agent to sit in their parking lot and radio the license plates of cars that had large alcohol purchases to fellow agents waiting along the highway. Those agents would pull those cars over and charge the drivers with bootlegging. The South Carolina highway patrol took offense to this impingement on their authority and sent a couple officers to discuss matters with the ABC agent, and explain to him how he did not have jurisdiction in their state, and to please go home now. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_law [1] https://abc.nc.gov/ https://abc.nc.gov/ [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_county https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_county [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rum-running https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rum-running
- OJFord 5y ago
  I've missed the edit window; sorry but I can't help but comment on my typo - to* - having noticed it.
AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago
Depending on the state you're in, it is pretty common to have beer and wine of various levels of "cheap" at a convenience store in the US.

robjan 5y ago

In Hong Kong we call it Club 7/11

OJFord 5y ago

The America you're implicitly contrasting that too is more the odd one out there than Japan, globally.

pessimizer 5y ago
In Chicago, the 7-11 on my corner doesn't just have beer and wine, it has whiskey and vodka.
- OJFord 5y ago
  But has a curfew on sales right? Or are you saying it's state dependent and - err.. Illinois? - is more lax? Every supermarket, convenience store, petrol station, etc. sells beer, wine, whisky, vodka, whatever, around the clock here. So I just meant that that's not 'wow Japan', (I'm in the UK, but it's true of most of Europe too IME) it's 'wow outside America' - or 'my state' etc. depending per first paragraph.
  - chiph 5y ago
    Yes, alcohol sales are set by the individual state (and sometimes county) in the US. Here in North Carolina, you can buy beer & wine in a restaurant, supermarket, movie theater, etc. (subject to licensing and state Blue Laws [0] governing times when they can be sold), but hard liquor is sold in a state-run Alcohol Beverage Control [1] store. When you hear the phrase "Dry County" that's a county which does not allow alcohol sales at all [2]. Today, North Carolina has just one dry county - Graham, near the Tennessee border. So if you live near a state border it's not uncommon to do your alcohol shopping in the adjacent state if the laws and taxes there are more lax. But there can be personal-consumption transportation limits, which if you exceed you can be charged with bootlegging [3]. Story time: There is a discount liquor store in South Carolina just across the state line, south of the city of Charlotte. Many years ago the North Carolina ABC department sent an agent to sit in their parking lot and radio the license plates of cars that had large alcohol purchases to fellow agents waiting along the highway. Those agents would pull those cars over and charge the drivers with bootlegging. The South Carolina highway patrol took offense to this impingement on their authority and sent a couple officers to discuss matters with the ABC agent, and explain to him how he did not have jurisdiction in their state, and to please go home now. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_law [1] https://abc.nc.gov/ https://abc.nc.gov/ [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_county https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_county [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rum-running https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rum-running
OJFord 5y ago
I've missed the edit window; sorry but I can't help but comment on my typo - to* - having noticed it.

AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago

Depending on the state you're in, it is pretty common to have beer and wine of various levels of "cheap" at a convenience store in the US.