More water could mean less beer
Well, sort of. An interesting side effect of potentially moving the Georgia-Tennessee line is that a few towns in southern Tennessee would have to stop selling alcohol. Copperhill, TN has some bars, but would suddenly find themselves located in Fannin County, GA if the state line were moved. Fannin County is dry and doesn’t permit alcohol sales.
The state line is even a bit of a tourist attraction. Just across the state line from Copperhill is McCaysville, GA. The town has bright blue dashes all over the place to show the jagged state line — even running through buildings, streets and bars.
All of that being said, moving the state line is very unlikely. As the article points out:
Any border change would likely require an act of Congress or a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, so it’s highly unlikely the state lines would actually move.
This also goes to show just how much thought would need to go into such a major decision — there are a lot of small things that would be affected as well.
Tags: alcohol, copperhill, fannin county, mccaysville, state line
