of local-level and community building the fallows found around the united states were the increasing number of micro or craft breweries. like csas, this is a relatively new development. in the 1970s the united states had only a few hundred breweries, mostly large-scale industrial types. by 2017, there were more than 5,000, many of which are the small, local craft breweries that the fallows found as they traveled around the united states. so significant was this particular indicator, according to the fallows, of vibrant social capital that they identified local craft breweries as one of the most reliable signs of civic energy in the united states. interestingly, chesterton, who visited the united states as i mentioned between -- once in 1921, then again in 1930, '31, his visits book ended america's experiment with prohibition. now he was relentlessly critical of this. he thought this was a terrible thing, however, prohibition did not prevent chesterton from consuming his share of a variety of locally produced beer. indeed, at one point, even though he was severely crystal of prohibition, he farcecally proposed he quite