> Coming from a country with a huge alcoholism problem, I welcome any trend that shows decrease in alcohol consumption. Indeed, this seems like a healthy progr

> Coming from a country with a huge alcoholism problem, I welcome any trend that shows decrease in alcohol consumption. Indeed, this seems like a healthy progression of things. The dangers of alcohol abuse are now well known and it's disappointing that so many activities still revolve around the use of the substance. What's at issue here, though, is that there's nothing obvious to replace these types of places for social gathering in common spaces.