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I was suprised that so many people can get into bars and obtain alcohol here underage without getting caught. Where I live all bars are 21, except one that I know is 19 on 'college ID night'. It is nearly impossible to get into a bar without having an ID, and they even take ID's that are real. The bouncers are Nazi's here, and they turn away people all of the time, you could be 30, and they would take your ID. So, mostly, we'd have parties at people's houses, and they'd get busted but you'd only get a consumption ticket if you were publicly intoxicated or the one that supplied the alcohol. At Iowa, you could get away some places with the ID of a 30 year old, and pass back, but if you get caught even in possession they fine you $150, and send a note home! Also, they arrest for public intox here! I guess where I'm from it was always the bouncers who made sure things went they way the law intended (because they want to be bada$$es), but here, the police are the ones that do all the work. It's so weird when I tell my friends from back home that we can sit at a bar and drink as opposed to going out to someone's house and finding someone with a keg, or getting someone to buy for us. People on my floor have brought in cases past the RA's door, and been very loud, and still not got caught. It's like underage drinking is almost accepted here or something.
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