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I've spent time in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Things may have changed since 1983, but they used to have State Stores that had all the liquor in glass cases, you'd fill out your order slip and hand it to the clerk. The product was all in the back room. Truly archaic.

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I lived in  Dallas most of my life. Trust me - don't be seduced by sprawl. It puts burdensome loading on all infrastructure resources. Try to find a nice capital intensive business to lure to the area. Design community college programs to support their staffing needs. I've lived here for the last 5 years because I can't take the sprawl in Dallas, all the freeways, all the cars. Be patient, be gentle.

Hal in Eugene

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