Not everything has to be about it, but believe it or not many people enjoy drinking alcohol. It’s something that people spend money on. It’s heavily taxed so it brings in revenue for the city and state. Boston has many college aged people and young professionals who enjoy going out, buying a few drinks, dancing, and heaven forbid, staying up late. Bars closing by two doesn’t stop people from drinking, those who want too go home or to a party and get drinks from a fridge or cooler, it just stops local businesses and the state from making money off of people drinking. Bars in other major cities stay open later, so a proposal to keep things open later is a totally reasonable time to discuss bars staying open past 1:45 or whatever it is now.