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Originally Posted by EastVanMark
You are right on all accounts. All this will do, is take the partying underground. In the 80's and 90's illegal after-hours were a dime a dozen. I remember it being a ritual of club patrons asking staff where the that weeks spot was. Then you had the police allocating resources to shutting them down (keeping them from doing...other..MORE IMPORTANT things) Both alcohol and drugs flowed freely and unregulated at these places. Organized crime had a field day with these and made a ton of money.
Then something magical happened. The city moved into the 21st century and extended bar hours. Almost immediately, these type of places disappeared because they were simply not needed.
You are also correct that this will put many bars/lounges out of business and will force those who remain to jack up all prices (because their landlords also read the paper and once they realize the leverage they have, they jack up the rents); and guess who those extra cost will get passed on to...
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I actually have two across from my back alley. One is a Vietnamese restaurant and the other one is a Pool Hall. There is no more than one day a week that a people dont come stumbling out at 4-6am. The restaurnat is a younger crowd and gets pretty lively, the Pool hall is a older crowd all they pretty much do is gamble, drink and smoke. I dont go in these places personally because their both more or less asian crowds but there are many other places that I know of a bit more east of Vancouver. There are also two other restaurants within a 5min walk that serve after hour and alow smoking and what not. Obviously all these places are closed from the Kingsway front and you have to go in from the alley. Anyways who still thinks the bs that they live in a free country?
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