I used to go to “music in the park” in Kent, WA and Mercer Island, WA.
Mercer island is extremely expensive (Paul Allen lives there, Michael Medved lives there, Obama used to live there and I lived there), whereas kent is staunch middle class. I used to live there too.
In kent, there were no alcoholic beverages allowed. Cops would walk through the crowd checking, sometimes taking action. People would hide bottles in brown paper bags. People would bring McDonalds, KFC, Pizza, etc. When the event was over, it was reminiscent of the aftermath of Woodstock.
In Mercer Island, people would drink wine out of their Baccarat crystal wine glasses, or microbrews from the bottle and sometimes from glasses. There was a lot of salami and cheese and crackers as well as a few KFC buckets. Cops would walk through and technically the alcohol was illegal, but everybody knew it was ok as long as everybody was adult about it, which they were. When the event was over, there would be a couple of kids playing with frisbees, but other than that, you would never know an event had happened.
Culture is everything. We need to get back to a Mercer Island style mindset, and on an individual level. Otherwise, we are in for some very tough times.
Compare a Willie Nelson concert to a Bluegrass festival.