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They just stated slowly appparently: https://www.ft.com/content/1ae55e45-64a6-463a-b04b-198ee3241...

Maybe so. But it's not just the price of booze which is the problem; other problems include online dating (meeting people is now less of a reason to go to bars), cultural apprehensions about hooking up while drunk, and cannabis providing a superior experience (at least in the US, maybe less of a factor in the UK?)

Cannabis in the UK is still illegal, so unless you're picking up weed from your local dealer, it's not a big thing outside the home.

But price of booze is killing pubs here. Getting close to £8 a pint now in London. £10 for a pint of Guinness in many bars.

A few years ago there was a group formed in the UK to designate cask ale/pub culture to be recognized as intangible cultural heritage through UNESCO-- following Belgium's successful foray into its brewing/beer culture being designated this way. There are a few documentaries on youtube

There is CAMRA, but tbh it seems to mostly be retired people with enormous beer bellies in their 60's who are happy enough to drink bishops finger or doom bar.

> doom bar

Maybe not for much longer: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjendwk7979o

They’re not stupid, they’ll keep the brand. It’ll just be brewed somewhere else and taste like metallic piss.

MBAs don’t seem to understand that where and how a beer is made is important.

It's still illegal in the US too.

Federally but the feds don't enforce it. And it being legal in so many states has made it broadly available to anybody that wants it, one road trip to another state is very easy and almost seems normal compared to needing to know a "dealer."

It is not legal in any states. The laws that make it "legal" are unconstitutional (Supremacy Clause).

The map is not the terrain.

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