7. Studying Border Town Bars

In 2017, the National Institutes of Health paid $333,210 for a study on the drinking behaviors of Mexican Americans living in border towns. Among the process steps were “semi-structured interviews and unobtrusive methodical observations” conducted in certain bars in Mexicali, the Valley, and US border cities.

The researchers thought that bars in Mexicali would have “louder music, more dancing, and more patrons, as well as lower-priced alcohol beverages and a later closing time than the venues in Central Valley towns and US border towns”.

Yes, you’re right, some lucky fellows got paid with your tax money to hang out at bars.