dang, alcohol sure has a grip on people. It’s the same way here, drinking is an actual activity, like a recreational hobby. And business will push it hard, as nobody spends like drunk people, lol.
We do not yet have the option of taking drinks out of the bar and go sit or stroll in the streets, but I’m sure the bar owners are thinking about it. Anything to drive traffic downtown.
As an aside, there is an event in the downtown or close-in area pretty much every weekend from Memorial Day to Labor Day, and beyond. A local media company polled the residents of the areas where these events take place, asking that since you all live here, what event would you all like to have scheduled ? The majority response from the residents was that they wanted a weekend without any events in their area. After the results were known, the survey results were basically buried, and not another word was said of it. Gotta keep those $$$'s flowin, lol.