I grew up in bible belt dry counties.

County just to the south wasn't dry, and had a big liquor store out in the middle of nowhere at the county line.

Guy who owned that store died a multi-millionaire. Fact.

Those counties to the north kept the highway worn down driving there.

FWIW, I never noticed any downturn in the drinking in a dry county. Just the selling (In the open)... The bootleggers were plentiful.

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