I like bars and grocery stores, so when Carol Voss from Independence First passed this flowingdata.com report along to me I had to react.
Check it out. A Google map overlay shows grocery stores and bars across the country. The red, obviously, are the bars. You think the Midwest likes its drinking? Wow.
Of course, as the post points out, people buy alcohol in grocery stores and just because the Midwest has more bars than grocers it doesn't necessarily mean that its residents consume more alcohol than the average Joe. Although, stats do tend to show this.
React as you will with the Talkbacks.
A life-long and passionate community leader and Milwaukeean, Jeff Sherman is a co-founder of OnMilwaukee.
He grew up in Wauwatosa and graduated from Marquette University, as a Warrior. He holds an MBA from Cardinal Stritch University, and is the founding president of Young Professionals of Milwaukee (YPM)/Fuel Milwaukee.
Early in his career, Sherman was one of youngest members of the Greater Milwaukee Committee, and currently is involved in numerous civic and community groups - including board positions at The Wisconsin Center District, Wisconsin Club and Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. He's honored to have been named to The Business Journal's "30 under 30" and Milwaukee Magazine's "35 under 35" lists.
He owns a condo in Downtown and lives in greater Milwaukee with his wife Stephanie, his son, Jake, and daughter Pierce. He's a political, music, sports and news junkie and thinks, for what it's worth, that all new movies should be released in theaters, on demand, online and on DVD simultaneously.
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