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@Tina

I would say the single biggest factor in the increase in student binge drinking (and doing so at house parties off-campus) is the obvious one - the increase in the legal drinking age to 21.

In just about every collegiate setting I've ever been in, underage undergrads go to house parties and get smashed because they can't get in to bars (or don't want to risk it with fake IDs, etc). Increasing the legal age to 21 hasn't stopped drinking at all, but it most certainly has pushed it underground, and often encouraged circumstances where those who wish to drink (since they cannot enjoy a social drink out in the open) will consume as much as they can as fast as they can.

All of that, of course, feeds back to a completely different hypothesis from Ken's - that this is a social and behavioral issue, not one of physical urbanism or demographic displacement at all.

by Alex B. on Jan 21, 2011 6:31 pm • link • report

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