[willis936]

UT has more overbearing regulations than any other state. They are also far and away the most conservative state. Not all conservatives in the US are aligned with them, it’s just that the cult majority have regulatory capture.

[umvi]

> UT has more overbearing regulations than any other state

Like what? Are you referring to alcohol laws? Because last I checked you could still by beer at the grocery store in Utah, but you cannot do that in Montgomery County, Maryland (most populous county of one of the bluest states).

[willis936]

You cannot sell alcohol unless it is beer and served with food or you are a private club.

You should also take a moment to review the state’s history of unconstitutional, and in some cases, atrocious, sexuality laws.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Utah

[Rebelgecko]

Utah has actually made some interesting changes lately. Within the last few years they've legalized Budweiser and gotten rid of the Zion Curtain mandate (which seemed like an awful idea in terms of safety. One waiter told me they called it the "Cosby Curtain").

Maybe some day Utahns will be able to order a glass of wine at dinner before they've decided what they want to eat.

[arthurcolle]

Hey I live in MoCo and yeah all the liquor stores are run by the county, and they aren't even open on Sunday. Such a joke

[navbaker]

Haha, not being able to buy beer in the grocery store or Costco was one of the biggest culture shocks for me moving to MD!

[vinger]

Montgomery has bars and they have liquor stores.

Utah did requires a membership in a gentlemen club to drink in a public place. Perhaps this has changed.

You can't buy beer in grocery stores in every province in Canada either. But the amount of alcohol in beer is double the US.

Beer in grocery stores is a poor proxy for dem / rep

[lotsofpulp]

>Beer in grocery stores is a poor proxy for dem / rep

I don't think umvi claimed as much.

[giantg2]

Not necessarily taking one side ot the other, but they also have very restrictive fireworks laws.

Also, I don't know about Montgomery Co, but PG Co (and others) has liquor beer etc in all sorts of small shops.

[AnimalMuppet]

> Not necessarily taking one side ot the other, but they also have very restrictive fireworks laws.

Utah is a really dry state. Fireworks have a bad tendency to start fires out here, fires that can get rather large. It's not that they're spoilsports (with respect to fireworks), it's that they have experienced some significant downsides.

[giantg2]

But if that's really the reason, then why not regulate it like burning rather than have only specific dates that they can be used? From what I remember, there's only 4 or 5 holidays/weeks they can be used.

[bpodgursky]

Honestly I like the 4% ABV limit on beer. It forces brewers to make interesting flavors, rather than just blowing you away with ludicrously high ABV masked in hops.