I’m thinking in the U.S. and Canada. For example, if you’re on vacation, you’ve checked out of your hotel room and have several hours until your flight, and you have some cans of beer left over. I know you could sneakily drink them in a park or something, but I’m just curious if there’s any way to do it that’s legal.

  • @Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world
    10•2 months ago

    What city are you referring to?

    Every city I lived in had clear laws against drinking in public parks. But then I found this post: https://vinepair.com/articles/map-states-drinking-public-parks

    In any of the following states, you can basically kiss the concept of enjoying drinks in public parks goodbye: Arizona, Arkansas, Hawaii, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia all enforce statewide bans on public alcohol consumption with no exceptions. If you live in any of these states, it’s time to make some friends with nice backyards.

    So it’s definitely state by state!

    • @AA5B@lemmy.world
      2•2 months ago

      I was surprised by how few states had laws against public drinking : i thought it was most.

      Then I clicked into the details for my state of the above link and found out how useless that map is. Technically True, but:

      Massachusetts upholds its strict tendencies with its open-container laws as well, so while there is technically no statewide ban on public drinking, it is effectively illegal

      Yeah, open container laws. The state doesn’t care about whether you drink in public (most towns do), as long as you don’t have an open container of alcohol. Wtf