<p>So yeah I turned 19 today, what can I do that I couldn't do before? According to one friend of mine I can now buy tobacco in New Jersey which is great except 1) I don't live in NJ and 2) I'm tryin to quit smoking anyway :P</p>
<p>All I can think of that was a big deal when I turned 19 was being able to drink in Canada, which was a big deal where I lived because it was very close. Now that you need a passport or enhanced drivers license to get there I think it’s not as big of a deal anymore. I think that’s about it. 19 is a boring year.</p>
<p>I wonder if a lot of this kind of stuff is regional and if you might do better in the city-data forum or something. When I hear people saying they can’t go clubbing because they aren’t 21 my eyes about fall out of my head because I’ve yet to encounter a club that isn’t 18+. I know they exist, even in this area, but they aren’t that common in my area apparently.</p>
<p>You can drive and talk on the phone in illinois.</p>
<p>In Maryland…nothing off the top of my head. You can smoke in New Jersey, but the hour and a half car ride isn’t really worth it to buy more expensive cigarettes.
Just your birthday like everyone else at UMD does, and excuse to get ridiculously wasted at odd times of the day.</p>
<p>You’re younger than I thought, DC Hurricane. I’m turning twenty in less than eight months.</p>
<p>Wait till you reach 20! Now that’s an anti-climatic age. </p>
<p>At least with 19, you have the significance of purchasing cigarettes (although, I didn’t care since I don’t smoke). At 18, you can allow your 50 year old boyfriend poke you with his sword and he won’t get arrested. </p>
<p>But at age 20, there’s nothing! You’re no longer a teenager, yet you still aren’t old enough to purchase alcohol legally. I hate being 20! :: pants heavily :: </p>
<p>Phew, ok, I’m done.</p>
<p>I didn’t think it was 19 everywhere, I am almost sure you can purchase cigarettes at 18 here. I’ve never tried so maybe I’m wrong.</p>
<p>^ Sorry. I think it’s a Jersey thing. I don’t really get out of Jersey much, so I don’t know the legal age for purchasing cigarettes elsewhere. :o</p>
<p>Legal age here in MA is 18. For cigarettes, at any rate.</p>
<p>Well, 19 is still significant regardless if you can buy cigarettes now or an age earlier. Why? It’s your last year as a teenager! Enjoy it while you can!</p>
<p>Hmm I guess that’s one way to look at it. Though honestly I can’t wait to be like 25-ish. Hopefully I’ll have gotten somewhat into my career by then and won’t be living in a ****hole :P</p>
<p>When you’re 25 you’ll be in the middle of a quarter-life crisis of some sort, judging from my friends’ experience.</p>
<p>Nah the only people who have those are immature little children who can’t accept that they can’t keep going to clubs every night of the week and that they actually have to focus on advancing their career and saving their money for a house down payment.</p>
<p>You can legally gamble in some states at 19 (bama and nebraska). Otherwise nothing.</p>
<p>You’re no longer a minor if you were in Alabama, but other than that, not much really.</p>
<p>@tiff</p>
<p>In CA you can at 18 if the casino doesn’t serve alcohol… Jackson Rancheria (where I went for B-days from 18th through 20th) and the Chumash casino outside of Solvang come to mind.</p>
<p>" Nah the only people who have those are immature little children who can’t accept that they can’t keep going to clubs every night of the week and that they actually have to focus on advancing their career and saving their money for a house down payment. "</p>
<p>The friend I had in mind when I said that is in the military, actually!</p>
<p>other than buying alcoholic beverages, you can basically do anything you want. It’s a free country.</p>
<p>"The friend I had in mind when I said that is in the military, actually! "</p>
<p>***, well I guess there’s gotta be an exception to the rule eh?</p>
<p>I certainly hope so! Though I suppose it’s always the ones who think they have their **** together who fall the hardest when they realize they don’t really know what they’re doing.</p>