Re: OT: From Quora again

On 3/8/2025 10:33 PM, Mike Duffy wrote:

On 2025-03-09, BryanGSimmons wrote:
 

Trump has inadvertently done the impossible - made the EU stronger &
brought the UK closer to the EU than even when we were in it.

 It's happened here too Bryan. It has always been more difficult
for west coasters in Canada to buy wine & beer &c from the east coast
than international due to inter-provincial trade barriers.
 Now, they are dismantling those barriers. (Technically, we are
not even allowed to buy ANY alcohol from one province and ship
it to another. Of course individuals were never prosecuted -
only those doing so as pasrt of a business.)
 But now, thanks to Trump, alcohol stores all across Canada
now have room on the shelves for liquor from other provinces
because of all the USA liquor & wine that has been removed.
 

Here is similar, state taxes are the big factor.  A couple of states with lower taxes seem to have their biggest liquor store near the state line though.
Going from MA to Maine on the highway, you pass a short section of New Hampshire, a no sales tax state. Yes, big liquor stores, on on the northbound side, another on the southbound side.