Making an area dry doesn't get rid of poor family relationships. And if, as you imply, that is the cause of alcoholism than it will cause SOME type of dysfunction your tax dollars will pay for whether it's alcohol or not.

""It would not enhance their community," she said. "If you're looking around for a place to live, you don't shop around for places where you're going to be close to a bar.""

I do.

"The 21st Amendment, which repealed Prohibition, gives states the right to restrict or ban the purchase or sale of alcohol"

This is not true. It gave states BACK the right to restrict or ban alcohol. The states gave that up with the 18th Amendment, and this restored it.

Or cause them to drive a little further up the road to drink.

I did too. I looked in the NE corner of the City specificly to be within walking distance of Quips, the Fulton, LBC, etc.. I also like walking to convenience stores, pizza places, and the baseball stadium. I think that what she meant to say was, "The type of people I want as neighbors would not shop around for places where you're going to be close to a bar." Don't fret. I don't want to live near uptight, judgemental people. So we both get what we wanted.

I didn't look to find a bar within walking distance but didn't turn away from my house that was in walking distance from one. I've even stopped by for dinner a couple of times. It is a decent place but definitely geared more for the beer than the food. Another place that I lived at also had a bar within walking distance.

That being said, not all bars are the same. I wouldn't want to live next door to a loud dance club or a rowdy bar or something along that line. Maybe it is just that I'm getting older but I'd rather not hear sirens right outside the window once a week because a fight broke out or wear earplugs because the music is too loud.