The Deadest Places in the World on a Sunday Night

To qualify, a place must be (1) deader than its size would indicate, and (2) especially dead on a Sunday.  I measure deadness by the availability of food and beer together in restaurants.  (Surely one can have food without beer, or beer without food, but why would one want to?)

Places like Manicouagan-V (Quebec, Canada) don't qualify, because what do you expect from a hydroelectric work camp.  Places like Rockland (Maine, USA) and Labrador City (Labrador, Canada) don't qualify, because they're as happenin' on a Sunday as on any other night.  Places like Campbellton (New Brunswick, Canada) get off on a technicality, because I wasn't there on a Sunday. Places like Kalamazoo (Michigan, USA), Kennebunk (Maine, USA) and Speedway (Indiana, USA) don't make the statistical sample, because I hang out with my relatives or friends in these places, and therefore don't check out the night life.

The Silliest Places in the world ( as tabulated in http:/www.ultranet.com/~seiler/hhgg/silly.htm ), when they are noted in this list, are noted in italics, as for Rockland and Speedway.

1	Springfield, Illinois, USA.  The capital of Illinois is filled with bars and restaurants, but only one hotel lounge is ever open and serving food on a Sunday night.
2	Mitarffik Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, territory of Denmark. The biggest airport in Greenland has absolutely no flights on Sundays.  So the airport authority shuts down everything they operate, which is practically the entire town.  Thankfully, one private-enterprise bar and grill opens up on the evenings.
3	Rock Island, llinois, USA. This "Quad City" is especially proud of its "District" of nightclubs.  But don't go out of your way for Sunday dinner there; your options will be one smelly casino restaurant, one dive bar, and one hotel chain restaurant.
4	Nashville, Indiana, USA.  The heart of the southern Indiana tourist country is filled with full-service restaurants in the "scenic" part of town, but they all shut down by 7 pm.  One has to go to the nearest shopping mall to find a lounge that serves mostly hamburgers.
5	Waco, Texas, USA.  Waco has some small museums and antique malls to attract tourists.  The Waco Hilton has a franchise restaurant/bar on the premises, which is the only dining option in town on Sunday night.  And they close down around 8 pm.
6	Schenectady, New York, USA.  Schenectady hosts a branch of the New York State University.  One can find a few restaurants open on its periphery, but half close down.
7	Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada.  This Northern Ontario town is the proud home of the "Mile of Gold", the tourist district which commemorates a wave of gold miners.  The tourist district has several bars open on Sunday night (and bring a book to read, 'cause the bartender will be reading hers), but only one restaurant.
8	Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA.  They don't just shut down the restaurants, they turn off the electric sign that says “Scranton – The Electric City”.
9	Freehold, New Jersey, USA.  Any place within an ideal-conditions hour's drive of any part of New York City is much deader than might be expected, because New York City sucks the vitality out of all its surrounding communities.  And Freehold is no exception.  About half its restaurants are closed on Sundays.
10	Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada.  During tourist season, it actually has a theatre with live acting on Sunday nights... but half its restaurants are still closed.

Honorable mention for places where almost exactly half the restaurants close on Sundays:
•	Laconia, New Hampshire, USA.  
•	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada.  

Full list of the statistical sample, with winners in bold:
	1984:  Montreal, Quebec, Canada (not even close to qualifying).
	1985:  London, England, UK.
	1986:  Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Bad Tolz, Bavaria, Germany.
	1989:  Hamilton, Bermuda, territory of UK; Lake George, New York, USA.
	1990:  West Berlin /East Berlin, BRD/DDR; Albany, New York, USA.
	1991:  Paris, France.
	1992:  Rockland, Maine, USA.
	1993:  Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
	1994:  Newport, Rhode Island, USA; Camden, Maine, USA.
	1995:  Ingonish, Nova Scotia, Canada.
	1996:  Key West, Florida, USA (see note for Montreal); Schenectady; Freehold.
	1997:  Labrador City, Labrador, Canada; Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, USA; Largo, Maryland, USA; Antigonish.
	1998:  Kirkland Lake.
	1999:  Mitarffik Kangerlussuaq; Dallas, Texas, USA; Waco.
	2000:  Hoffman Estates, Illinois, USA; New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
	2001:  San Francisco, California, USA; Hoffman Estates, Illinois, USA; Charlottetown.
	2002:  Taos, New Mexico, USA; Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
	2003:  Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; Carmel, Indiana, USA; Nashville (Indiana).
	2004:  Springfield (Illinois); Whitewater, Wisconsin, USA.
	2005:  Fortaleza, Ceara, Brasil; Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
	2006:  Rock Island; Escanaba, Michigan, USA; Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, USA; Racine, Wisconsin, USA.
	2007:  Lansing / East Lansing, Michigan, USA; Sarnia, Ontario, Canada; Michigan City, Indiana, USA. 
	2008:  Arlington Heights, Illinois, USA. 
	2009:  Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Hillsboro, Wisconsin, USA; Scranton.
	2010:  Punta Cana, Dominican Republic; Fort Pierce, Florida, USA; Waukegan, Illinois, USA; Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, USA; Grindstone City, Michigan, USA; Rochester, New York, USA; Laconia.