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many Americans don't really worry about driving drunk. it is weird going back to visit, having beers with people and then everybody drives home drunk.

from concerts, from the bars, from restaurants, from bowling alleys, driving impaired is pretty normal there.

like you say, there's no public transport to get them home.

In cities that haven’t been completely taken over by car brain, people don’t drive to the stadium. Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, all cities with passionate sports fandoms and functioning public transit. I once rode on a Metra train (Chicagoland regional rail) with a group of ~10 Cubs fans who were working on a couple cases of beer on their way to a game.

For places like LA, the line to get out of the parking lot is so long, there’s time to sober up before you’re actually on the road. (jk, kind of.)

Baseball stadiums usually cut off alcohol sales after the 7th inning, which allows for fans to somewhat sober up before the end of the game.

The last (major league) baseball game I went to was like 3 hours long, and that was just the game, plenty of time to have a beer (or multiple) and sober up, especially because that 3 hours didn’t include time waiting for people to file out of the stadium and etc

It’s like getting stoned watching Avatar at the theater

I take the train to games. For some reason, drunk driving isn’t really that big a deal in the US, even though it kills so many people. A lot of people have multiple DUIs, because the state just won’t take people’s licenses away. I’m of the mindset that if you get caught driving drunk, you should lose your license for at least five years. And if you do it again, you should lose it permanently.

The real question is why do you think people act like South Park?

Eh, beers are like $14 so I never buy more than two. I usually have a few right before we head into the game though. Pre gaming is the American way. You're buzzed for the first half of the game but sobering up by the end of it. I don't drive home anyway, my wife doesn't drink almost ever. I also don't like going to bed drunk so if I'm drinking I like to do it a little earlier. But yeah it's pretty normal for people to have a few beers and still drive home later. Some people do take Ubers tho.

@shaserlark Reminds me of that time I was leaving a concert and dude was selling nitrous balloons to people as they were driving off... Like bro had a drive thru set up... Philly is wild these days.

Drink and drive? Also, understand that in some states, you could have 1-2 drinks and depending on your body and the exact timing still be under the legal limit.

Of course responsible people have a designated driver. That definitely happens, but not as often as you would hope. So we all know that if you live near the arena, be extra careful when the game ends, because half the drivers around you are drunk. That's common sense in the big cities.

While there is drinking at the games, I don’t believe most people drink as much at baseball games as they do at soccer (football) games. MLB, especially, really tries to present itself as a family oriented sport.