One of the first things I noticed when I moved out of upstate New York is that Labatt’s isn’t at every bar and gas station in the rest of the country. I grew up putting it in the same category as Bud or Coors, a cheap beer they have everywhere.

When I was in Boise I used to seek out the handful of places that had Labatt’s and Genesee. (I would have preferred Utica Club but of course no one has that.)

FWIW if you’re ever in DC & more specifically Adams Morgan, I’m pretty sure Grand Central still has Genesee & probably Labatt too, no idea on Utica (The founder/I’m pretty sure still the owner’s from WNY & an Ithaca alum to boot so it’s the local alumni chapter’s preferred Cortaca viewing site)

Same

(I assume we’re just listing all the other hockey towns they hate/who hate them)

Though they do both have semi-problematic relationships with the Roman Catholic Church & a hate-love (In that order) relationship with Toronto (Plus decades of enmity with Ottawa)