State Line advertisements meant to lure those crossing

[LilianaUwU]

I wonder what kind of billboards (or other advertising?) would be placed on I-40 in the TX panhandle advertising the new Glenrio Smoke Stop across the NM border.

Jesus Christ, way to desecrate a ghost town.

[Scott5114]

I wonder what kind of billboards (or other advertising?) would be placed on I-40 in the TX panhandle advertising the new Glenrio Smoke Stop across the NM border.

There's plenty of it, but it's fairly tastefully done as far as weed billboards go.

I wonder what kind of billboards (or other advertising?) would be placed on I-40 in the TX panhandle advertising the new Glenrio Smoke Stop across the NM border.

Jesus Christ, way to desecrate a ghost town.

I mean, you could leave it with 0 population and producing 0 tax revenue for Quay County...or you can put a business there and give people a reason to stop. Who knows, if it ends up being successful you might have employees start looking to move into Glenrio to be closer to work, thereby de-ghosting the town.

[cl94]

Heck, there are border towns involving two legal states that advertise to the other state. Case in point: South Lake Tahoe, California has several dispensaries that advertise extensively in Nevada, with multiple having billboards in Carson City. But since Douglas County bans recreational dispensaries, SLT is the only place you're getting it on the south shore.

Placer County, CA bans dispensaries in unincorporated areas but Washoe County, NV allows, creating the opposite dynamic on the north shore, but this is less apparent due to a ban on billboards in the Tahoe basin.

Elsewhere in Nevada, Jackpot and West Wendover, each have dispensaries serving Idaho and Utah, respectively. Both also have disproportionately large liquor stores that cater to the interstate market, similar to what you'd see in New Hampshire.

And you can't forget Nevada's border casinos. Most major roads entering Nevada have a casino right at or very near the border specifically to draw people from elsewhere. West Wendover and Jackpot are again the most obvious. If there's not one at the border, you can guarantee the first town you'll encounter has one.

[Ted$8roadFan]

I can remember seeing billboards in MA for NH businesses touting "no sales tax", since New Hampshire doesn't have one, and ours is 6.25%.

[Ted$8roadFan]

"Oleo." Wow. There's a word I hadn't heard in many years.


In terms of advertising generally, but not so much in terms of billboards, Virginia (as is the case with a number of states) has a statutory limit on the amount of alcoholic beverages you can import into the Commonwealth at one time unless you have a permit. Virginia is also an ABC store state, meaning the only places you can buy liquor in Virginia are state-run stores. Those of us in Northern Virginia have long gone to DC or Maryland to buy liquor because the prices and selection are often better. The ABC knows that, of course. They used to send personnel into DC to spy on people going to liquor stores to see who had Virginia plates and how much they bought. If they bought more than the legal limit, the spies would radio ahead to law enforcement in Virginia, who (assuming the person took the anticipated route) would then pull them over and issue a citation. I'm not aware of that sort of thing happening these days, although it's legal under the terms of the Twenty-First Amendment.

So the liquor stores in DC and Maryland used to run ads targeted to Virginia residents, and I remember at least one of them used to advertise that it wasn't subject to ABC surveillance (which always seemed dumb to me—who's to say the ABC wouldn't say, "Oh yeah?" and show up to prove them wrong). That particular store no longer exists because the shopping center where it was located was demolished and redeveloped.

My dad told me that when he lived in the DC area many years ago, it was well known that you bought your cigarettes in Virginia, but your groceries and liquor in Maryland. Not sure if there are ads promoting this.

[Dough4872]

Here in Pennsylvania we have billboards for weed dispensaries in New Jersey.