How are the small businesses reacting to this? One would think that they get a big portion of their yearly income during spring break.
Most are happy. Since a lot of this is centered around the beach front areas. People were not feeling safe to go out day or night. Businesses were being broken into and rampaged. Cars were being destroyed. Most businesses are happy they are taking their city back.
Also, when I was in my drunken fool stage I only drank beer. Nowadays, everyone’s into harder stuff, it seems. All the reality shows nowadays are all drink drink drink.
Most of the people if memory serves me correct were not locals and not even college kids. Many of them were out of staters in their mid to late 20s. They need to grow up. Came here with the idea to drink until puking and then go on rampages vandalizing stores and taking what they wanted. Trashing cars parked on the street. It was ridiculous.
I have good friends who went through the drunken fool stage and, like you, they turned into responsible adults. As an aside, neither I, nor Mrs. G, have ever been drunk in our entire lives. We do drink socially, but never to excess. For my part, as a pre-teen I had an alcoholic uncle who let it totally destroy his life. He died in his early 40's. It made a lasting impression on me. My comments are not to suggest the Gambits are Saints but only to note the dichotomy.
Can we just give the U.S. back to the Indians? Eh, they probably don’t want it now that we f*cked it all up.
