"GUESTnotmyrealname". One less pub will not stop people from being irresponsible.

Pubs (here in the US) also happen to be where *most* of the folk music happens. If you want to see a show on a given Saturday night, the place to first start looking is the Pubs.

Additionally, here in the US, Pubs are more like restaurants with stages that also serve beer. And the bartenders I personally know watch the clientele and do not allow the drunk ones to get in a car unless it is with a sober driver (like a taxi, if necessary). It's the freakin' *clubs* that encourage you to do all sorts of self destructive crap, and then let you loose on the roads at 4 AM with no concerns (when I am glad to be #1: No where near the City, and #2: blissfully asleep).

If people are determined to act irresponsibly, fewer Pubs are not going to stop them. It was tried...remember prohibition?