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What Massachusetts Towns Have the Most Liquor Licenses Per Resident – Nobody Is Even Close To #1!

What Massachusetts towns are “the wettest?” I hit up the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission and counted them up! Using the most up-to-date info I could gather I compared the…

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What Massachusetts towns are "the wettest?" I hit up the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission and counted them up! Using the most up-to-date info I could gather I compared the number of residents per town to the number of alcohol licenses licensed to the coordinating town giving us - THE WETTEST TOWNS IN MASSACHUSETTS.

If you're looking to light it up, these are your towns - let's count 'em down!

#25

LEE

# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 45.4

#24

DENNIS

# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 45.8

#23

WILLIAMSBURG

# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 48.3

#22

ESSEX

# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 48.5

#21

SANDISFIELD

# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 54.6

#20

PETERSHAM

# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 56.7

#19

EGREMONT

# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 57.1

#18

CHATHAM

# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 58.8

#17

ORLEANS

# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 61.1

#16

BECKET

# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 61.8

#15

AQUINNAH

# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 64.3

#14

SHELBURNE

# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 68.7

#13

WEST STOCKBRIDGE

# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 68.9

#12

GREAT BARRINGTON

# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 69.0

#11

TRURO

# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 69.9

#10

CHARLEMONY

# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 71.1

#9

OAK BLUFFS

# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 72.9

#8

MONROE

# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 82.6

#7

NANTUCKET

# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 87.5

#6

EDGARTOWN

# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 88.5

#5

LENOX

# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 89.6

#4

STOCKBRIDGE

# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 102.7

#3

WELLFLEET

# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 123.6

#2

HANCOCK

# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 139.5

#1

PROVINCETOWN

# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 237.9