Laws about public drinking in the US vary by city, and are usually simplified by banning possession of any open container of alcohol in public. Some cities will waive those laws when they host festivals or other events, and some others have areas where you can drink in public all year round. The only US city that I know of that has cherry blossom viewings is Washington DC, but I don't think they allow public drinking there.
also plenty of places that serve alcohol have outside seating, sometimes they're required to have a sign notifying customers the boundary limit of where they can bring an open container -- but again, it can vary by city and state. D.C. not only has cherry blossom trees but a whole cherry blossom festival. I went to it one year but wasn't old enough to drink at the time -- there's a good chance some areas become allowable to drink in public during the festival. Probably not near where the trees are planted, but the city streets that have been designated for the festival activties.
Most countries in the world do not care if you walk around holding a can of beer, it is just that US has got some very weird rules regarding possession of alcohol lol
"You can't in the U.S.?" "Right." "You can't in the U.S.?" "That's correct, you can't." "You can't in the U.S.?" "I don't think you can." "You can't in the U.S.?" "No, I don't think you can." "You can't in the U.S.?" "No, I don't think so." "You can't in the U.S.?" "Nope." All of these mean basically the same thing. If you answer just "No", then the answer is a little ambiguous. It could mean "Nope" (agreeing with the negative statement), or it could mean "That's incorrect" (disagreeing with the negative statement).
@@nanobot7925 The technically correct answer to this negative question is the affirmative response. Modern english speakers won't care and flexibly treat the question as its positive counterpart, but I'd imagine that this sort of question could appear on some archaic formalized english test. "Are you not going to class?" for example. "No, I am going to class." would be expected answer on such a test.
DeepL: 私も知らなかったのですが、私はアメリカ人です。でも、お酒は飲めません。公共の公園でゴミ箱の中にビール缶があるのをよく見かけるので、公共の場でお酒を飲んでいる人は明らかにいますね。警察はよっぽどのことがない限り、気にしないと思います。でも、アメリカのどの地域にいるかにもよるでしょうね。 I didn't know this either, and I'm American. But, I don't drink alcohol. I do often see beer cans in the garbage at public parks, so there are obviously people drinking alcohol in public. I don't think the police really care unless you're causing a disturbance. But, it probably depends on what part of the U.S. you're in.
