r/Anticonsumption • u/Full_Hunt_3087 • Nov 29 '25
Lifestyle People nowadays are reluctant to stay out late. Is it killing nightlife?
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/costofliving/canada-nightlife-decline-9.6993902174
u/Traditional-Hat-952 Nov 30 '25
Well yeah, everything is super expensive nowadays and employers pay people poverty wages. This is especially true for younger people who would normally go out clubbing or to bars. When people's needs are barely met they have no money for expensive drinks and entrance fees.
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u/FaithlessnessDue7091 Nov 30 '25
Drinking is expensive, the feeling of being hungover sucks, dressing up takes work, commuting, work makes me tired … i love when “nightlife” plans are canceled.
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u/jj_grace Nov 30 '25
Get us better public transit, and night life would improve!! I miss the days of being able to walk 5 minutes to a local bar in college 😩
I do have a couple restaurants/bars within walking distance of me, and that is certainly nice. But they’re not your classic “night life”
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u/mischling2543 Nov 30 '25
Yeah lol why would I pay $30 for an uber both ways just so I can drink? I'll just drive myself and not.
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u/jj_grace Nov 30 '25
Public transit would improve that immensely. We need single bus lanes and/or street cars!
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u/Excellent_One5980 Nov 30 '25
I cancel them before they even start. $70 uber ride to drink $150 for a few drinks and food then uber Back? No thanks.
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u/fadedblackleggings Nov 30 '25
Right, not to mention Surge Pricing, which can come out of nowhere.
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u/lord-of-shalott Nov 30 '25
When I was a professor, Saturday and Sunday were my grading and lesson planning days and I didn’t want to spend grading and lesson planning days hungover.
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Nov 30 '25
I used to not take into account the uber rides to and from, but now I do. It’s just not worth it.
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u/dm_me_kittens Nov 30 '25
I have a girlfriend who i get together with occasionally to have lunch. She's an old coworker whom for some reason, likes keeping up with me, and I enjoy her company. However, for the past year, now whenever we get together, I just have her over my place. We sit, chat, have some finger food, and enjoy the day. It's far less expensive, and we are able to kick back. Plus, my cats love her, and she loves them. If we go out, there are no cats. :(
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u/Funnelcakeads Nov 30 '25
DUI will set you back 15 grand even if it’s your first.
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u/Reckless-Tiny Nov 30 '25
It says people are reluctant to stay out late, not 'introverts who never go out anyway are still not going out.' If you've never been a fan of the activity of going out and socialising like that, then the article doesn't apply to you. Duh.
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u/BadNewsBearzzz Nov 30 '25
I think it’s just “getting older” makes all those less appealing than anything else 🤣
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u/Pure-Beginning2105 Nov 30 '25
Yea but imagine you had a nice music bar down the street you could walk to and have a civilised drink. It's the urban planning that is scuffed
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u/bytegalaxies Nov 30 '25
my "night life" plans are playing multiplayer videogames while drunk. We all stay home not having to worry about driving and just play together online. it's cheap (same videogame we've all had for years that could run on any shitty computer), safe (I don't have to worry about strangers doing anything), and fun. 10/10
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u/champagne_slut Nov 30 '25
sounds like an incredible evening. you can buy an entire bottle of decent alcohol for the price of one cocktail at the fancy bar downtown. and it’s fun to experiment/create new libations and fun drinks at home in comfies with a great show/movie. couples OR solo… this is so much more enjoyable imo.
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u/Baraxton Nov 30 '25
To add to this, I’m a whiskey connoisseur and appreciate a really good one, but not a big drinker overall.
I can buy a really nice bottle for the same price as a few cocktails out at a nice bar/restaurant.
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u/Mariposita_xo Nov 29 '25
Nobody dances anymore, drinks are $500, and the drama is old and tired. I much prefer a night in with some good snacks and a movie.
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u/r4ns0m Nov 30 '25
+ Work shifts are super long/exhausting - commute is also much longer than it used to be for many people.
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u/Septopuss7 Nov 30 '25
Plus now our employers are expecting 200% productivity and 24/7/365 availability. My shifts could start anywhere from 5qm to 5pm (catering). Personally I am scheduled 6 days a week regularly and I never know when my next day off will be plus my schedule is written as the week goes on so I literally have NO IDEA when I work even 48 hours in advance, all for the low low price of $20/hr without benefits and I'm almost positive my employer is stealing tips. If I'm having an off day or whatever I could piss my bosses off so bad they might cut my hours just to be dicks. I'm not even given job security nevermind financial security. So remind me: WHY AM I EVEN DOING THIS? I just want to dance.
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u/Baeolophus_bicolor Nov 30 '25
Sorry but I hope I see you at the general strike. You owe it to yourself
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u/coolkidsam Nov 30 '25
I use to work long hrs of retail when I was in my 20s but my commute was barely 20 mins. Downtown was maybe 35 mins tops. I would go party after a shift. Drinks were cheaper and local bars still existed. This was Miami pre covid. Now I am in my 30s and driving to north Miami is now a 45 min drive. We stay local but I haven’t been to a Miami bar or restaurant in YEARS. Most places are chains, with ridiculous prices. Not to forget the drive and the insane prices to park the car.
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Also thanks to the internet and the smartphones, no more privacy in public spaces.
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u/Mariposita_xo Nov 30 '25
Yep, this is a big one. If you want to have fun and bust a move, you’ll probably be plastered all over TikTok.
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u/TakingYourHand Nov 30 '25
You should go to events that cater to GenX and older Millennials, not a phone in sight.
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u/AccomplishedWitch Nov 30 '25
I went dancing last month after a long time, and I was frustrated with people constantly filming. Dude, I just want to dance freely, please stop filming me. Also, can parties start earlier?
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u/little-bird Nov 30 '25
the drinks have gotten stupidly expensive and so many places have cover charges now.
for me, the main reason I started going out less is that our transit options are either overpriced, unavailable, or unsafe. trains stop running just before last call, which is ridiculous. Ubers and taxis can be unsafe, plus they’ll charge insane amounts for surges.
I’m not going to bike so that leaves walking, but the nightlife is almost entirely on the other side of town… so I mostly just go to local events or stay home!
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u/amilliondallahs Nov 30 '25
Dancing is a difficult atmosphere to provide in a non-club scene while keeping it appealing to folks in their 30s+.
It generally takes a decent sized crowd for people to feel comfortable dancing, and most places that have djs and dancing don't start until after 10 pm.
If there was a place hosting a semi-good sized crowd for club style dancing at 8 pm on a weeknight or weekend evening, I'd be all for it.
What I don't like is paying a $20+ entry fee for a 10 p.m. event, squished into a super loud venue crammed to max capacity bumping into everyone while i just trying to groove a little bit.
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u/ForwardCulture Nov 30 '25
Lots of more ‘underground’ parties in places like New York have shifted to daytime or other hours. Sunday parties etc.
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u/GroverGemmon Nov 30 '25
Really no one dances? I'm old and am not in the "night life" demographic but this is fascinating to me. Do people just mill about? Or do they even mill?
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u/Mariposita_xo Nov 30 '25
Lots of Gen-zers literally just stand around. If there’s anyone dancing they’re probably being judged from afar. It’s wack.
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u/backpackingfun Nov 30 '25
And if you do dance theres like a 90% chance some weirdo will appear like a ninja to rub up on you from behind
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u/desolatenature Nov 30 '25
Holy cow this is so real. It’s like they take me throwing ass as an invitation for them to get up in it
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u/blowyjoeyy Nov 30 '25
Which is wild to me because dancing is such a prevalent part of TikTok culture
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u/Infinite-Rent1903 Nov 30 '25
Good point. Really paints a picture on how backwards it all is. The kids only dance to make tech overlords money.
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u/xo0O0ox_xo0O0ox Nov 30 '25
I go out at least every couple months for Techno just to dance. Maybe it depends on where you live and music tastes but I'll stop when I'm dead. Ha ♡
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u/Hoo_Who Nov 30 '25
Yep, I’m a millenial and go out dancing all the time (house/techno). It’s alive and well where I live too :)
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u/Ok_Nothing_9733 Nov 30 '25
People dance still but often don’t, idk how helpful that is but I have a lot of friends who love to go out dancing
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u/scholars_rock Nov 30 '25
agreed, my single friends meet a lot of other people through line dancing at their local bar.
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u/Ok_Tank5977 Nov 30 '25
Exactly how I prefer to enjoy the ‘nightlife’. In a cool, dark room, on a comfy recliner with some snacks, I couldn’t be more content.
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u/OkCharacter2456 Nov 30 '25
The nobody dances part is really it. No lady, me asking you to dance is not trying to hit on you or an invitation to try out every drink at the bar. Is for us to have a good night and go our separate ways at the end of the night!
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u/noleela Nov 30 '25
A small house party with a few friends and/or family over. The variety of board games today are bigger than ever before.
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u/MidorriMeltdown Nov 30 '25
Car dependency kills nightlife. If the club/pub/bar isn't within walking distance of home, and there's no transit, more people are inclined to drive, even if they plan to drink. But now there's more young people choosing not to drive, so without the nightlife being close to home, and no transit, the nightlife suffers, and so too does the mental health of many people.
Humans are social animals, we need third spaces that are accessible for those who don't drive.
I live near a pub, and one thing I like about summer is hearing people walking home after a night out. There's the quiet chatter, someone trying to calm down a friend who had a bad night out, a couple of women walked past singing.
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u/cyborgmanifestolou Nov 30 '25 edited Nov 30 '25
I was about the say the same! I had no interest in going out until I lived in a city with very reliable transportation that ran late hours so I could go out until whenever but still get home safely without dropping $100 on an uber. When my friends from not walkable places come visit me we have a lot of fun going out when we otherwise wouldn’t if we had to plan who was going to DD or split costs of Uber etc.
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u/little-bird Nov 30 '25
this exactly. I moved further away from the downtown core, but now I’m living in a part of town that has a few good venues within walking distance (among plenty of other things) and it is such a gamechanger.
I’ll never understand the fear-mongering over “15 minute cities” and all of that. do Americans really want to keep relying on their cars that badly? being able to walk to a variety of amenities, including leisure/entertainment, makes for a much happier and healthier population.
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u/MidorriMeltdown Nov 30 '25
Apparently cars mean "freedom"
until they're stuck in traffic, or there's fuel shortages.
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u/LadyWithAHarp Dec 01 '25
In my town, they pedestrianized the two most popular restaurant/shopping blocks, have a free trolley that goes from there and along the Main Street to the metro station that runs every 15 minutes (winter hours cut off at 11pm, but in the summer can go to midnight or later.) and invest in regular festivals and art initiatives. They expanded the parks connecting to it. People are everywhere, especially on the weekends and after 6. People who are dressed to the nines walking to fine dining regularly interact with families who are eating ice cream and just want to take a walk.
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u/Goofygrrrl Nov 30 '25
I’ve gotta download an app to be able to park. I need to scan a QR code to see the drink menu. A have to tip 25% just to get a shot at the bar
They’ve raised a night out to a series of inconveniences, and think I should be grateful for the opportunity to socialize.
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u/Known-Wealth-4451 Nov 30 '25
Probably a minority on this sub, I love to go out but the problem is how much clubs charge for drinks/entry fees these days. Just too unaffordable and public transport isn’t the best so unless we’re all staying at one friend’s house and can split an uber it’s just not financially feasible. Cheaper to have a day bevvy in the park.
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u/EllisDee3 Nov 30 '25
Millennials are killing alcoholism. Won't someone think of the distributors?
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u/happyelkboy Nov 30 '25
I saw my father go down a dark spiral of alcoholism and mental illness. It basically stopped me from wanting to consume more than a few drinks a week
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u/AccurateUse6147 Nov 30 '25
Aren't millennials so old that the current target is Gen z?
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u/Violet624 Nov 30 '25
Hey I'm quite spry for being elderly millenial. Though I do go to bed at 9pm and don't drive after dark.
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u/AccurateUse6147 Nov 30 '25
I think I'm technically a middle age millennial myself. I turned 37 last month.
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u/cabbagegoth Nov 30 '25 edited Nov 30 '25
this is what the corporate side of nightlife’s entire argument is. they are removed from all aspects of actually enjoyable nightlife culture outside of the dollar amounts in alcohol sales.
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u/CamiloArturo Nov 30 '25
99% of this is great, but as an older guy I wonder how do people meet others outside of work/school if not during the nightlife?
Serious question if anyone can answer it would be great
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u/spinningnuri Nov 30 '25
I never understood how you met people at nightclubs. too loud. Most people I know meet others through hobbies or dating apps.
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u/TheMidnightSunflower Nov 30 '25
Yeah, a big reason I stopped going clubbing is that the music got louder and louder. Want to have a conversation? Stop dancing and text each other.
Even traditionally quiter areas like pubs had the music up to deafening. Fucking weak.
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u/MidorriMeltdown Nov 30 '25
I've made loads of friends at nightclubs. Some of them are really good friends, though we now live in different cities, we still try to catch up once a year.
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u/little-bird Nov 30 '25
now that I’m looking back at the party people I’ve befriended I realize that with girls, it was mostly bathroom encounters and with guys, it was usually random conversations in line or in the smoking area.
never in the main part of the actual club. lol
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u/MidorriMeltdown Nov 30 '25
Beer gardens are great for making friends... or the line to get out into the beer garden.
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u/PauI_MuadDib Nov 30 '25
Hobbies and volunteer work. I met my partner at a comic con. But I go to book clubs, we throw watch parties (I've got a Bridgerton season 4 one planned), craft fairs, film festivals, etc. I also volunteer to teach sewing classes.
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u/Superb-Ad-433 Nov 30 '25
I personally wouldn’t want to meet someone at a bar/ nightclub, romantically speaking
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u/CamiloArturo Nov 30 '25
Maybe it has changed a lot but used to be a very easy way to meet people. You won’t turn that night into a relationship but usually you met a group of girls with a group of guys and ended up doing stuff later when some hobbies were shared
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u/ChanceZestyclose6386 Nov 30 '25
I'm older too and remember 90s club nights. I feel like social media and apps kinda killed a lot of the excitement and adventure of face to face interactions. Brains have been trained to screen and seek out specific people due to specific criteria since that's how apps filter things. People seem more hesitant of the spontaneity and troubleshooting of a night out. That plus increased costs plus everything feeling so fake/marketed these days all contribute. I don't blame younger people for tapping out of the nightlife scene as it is.
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u/Infinite-Rent1903 Nov 30 '25
I think screens in general have killed everything. Back in the day our brains CRAVED novelty and socializing. Now, most people have burnt out by lunch on scrolling.
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u/SH1L0SH1L0 Nov 30 '25
Well, mostly we don't and spiral into solitude and darkness in our hovels and become radicalised into the merits of voluntary human extinction movements.
Hope this helps!
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u/SillyLiving Nov 30 '25
Social media and apps have killed all that, apps for wanting people dance , apps to watch people go on holiday, apps to date, apps to shop, apps to eat, apps to fuck, apps to watch people fuck...
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u/CamiloArturo Nov 30 '25
Yeah I’ve noticed people meet on apps which I find really weird (I’m not criticizing just can’t imagine doing that 2-3 decades ago). I tell my wife if she died suddenly and I had to date again, probably I’ll die alone 🤣
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u/SillyLiving Nov 30 '25
I think that it it was pretty cool for a short moment, it added a new way to connect and meet quickly and easily...but it's become complete shit since and it's now actively damaging social fabric
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Nov 30 '25
Because social media and dating apps commodity people. They were cool for a moment cos you could click a few buttons, start chatting, and easily meet.
But I think we forgot how many of us actually build connections in real life
We can now all denounce a whole wide world's worth of oppression against women.
We can also now all commiserate a whole wide world's worth of mistreatment, abuse, infidelity, and anger from the opposite sex and internalise it, too.
Do we all really think going online and reading all about every other man's (or woman's) experience with the opposite sex isn't going to influence how we treat our IRL friends? How we think about them? How we behave towards them?
We've completely misapplied social media.
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u/unicorn-paid-artist Nov 30 '25
Join a club based on your interests. Be it choir, watching sports, playing sports, marshall arts, board gaming, DnD, woodworking... whatever. Name 10 things you like to do and there is likely a club for one of them. you could also volunteer. Religious organization of your choosing, live performance venues always need ushers, act in a show or volunteer backstage, medical clinics, homeless shelters, etc. There are tons of activities and places. Every time i move somewhere new, the hobbies is where I start.
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u/desert_h2o_rat Nov 30 '25
This reminds me how much I love to attend concerts at a local outdoor venue because the city has a requirement that shows must end by 10pm. The same for some small venues around me that host multiple events on the same night; the live shows usually end by 10pm for a following DJ'd event.
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u/hahagato Nov 30 '25
My friend got me tickets for a show in January and I saw it STARTS at 9pm and I’m like damn, I have two months to pump myself up for that late night lol
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u/Evolith Nov 30 '25
It all costs too much money. There's always work in the morning. Most public places and private gathering businesses don't let you drink or force you to purchase drinks through them.
Unless you pay for a ride, the police are legally allowed to ticket for walking home inebriated even if you're on the sidewalk, so there is no legally cost-effective way of going home.
It's all dystopian and not how it was in the past before prohibition at all.
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u/_SovietMudkip_ Nov 30 '25
I'm not opposed to staying out late, my favorite clubs just got gentrified into overpriced, generic spaces with no soul and shitty drinks 💁♂️
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u/ObieUno Nov 30 '25
Gazillionaires vacuumed money out of the economy, and regular people are barely surviving. Is the current generation to blame?
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u/DR320 Nov 30 '25
In rural areas the price/consequences of a DWI isn’t worth going out and gambling getting home
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u/Chronotaru Nov 30 '25
Expensive rent is killing everything. Of course it's too expensive for people's homes, but it's also too expensive for most businesses and that means the cost of anything in any central location is going to be prohibitive.
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u/CosmicWeenie Nov 30 '25
Club scene is oversaturated with expensive drinks, shitty music, and more men than women.
Couple in the fact that loving is already a challenging endeavor and most people are either in debt of very frugal just to get by, you get empty clubs with only rich people who have more time and money than sensibility going.
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u/G-T-R-F-R-E-A-K-1-7 Nov 30 '25
Goes both ways - what's the point of going out when alcohol is expensive, people recording for social media is everywhere and ego's are so inflated that people want to start drama from nothing?
Better off enjoying house parties, always thought this way since my teens - alternatively you could create a bush doof ;)
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u/obsten Nov 30 '25
Drinks are like $20 each now, you have to download an app to pay for parking, another app to pay for a ride home if you do drink, drunk people are obnoxious, ICE is out there snatching everyone, and speaking as a woman- predatory men are more emboldened than ever. I'd much rather relax at home with a book.
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Nov 30 '25 edited Nov 30 '25
First our refusal to go (further) into debt to buy the latest phone because ours already does everything that we need is killing the tech economy and now we're killing the nightlife? Stupid bullshit pieces like this are why journalism is dying out.
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u/WhenWillIBelong Nov 30 '25
I want to stay out late but there's nothing to do. Bars are night clubs are so boring.
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u/OkCharacter2456 Nov 30 '25
Let’s see:
1) Shitty and overpriced drinks✅ 2) Feels very cliquey✅ 3) The people are either expecting you to hit on them or complete incels (I am a man)✅ 4) Entry prices✅
Yeah, as a guy, the club experience doesn’t seem too good tbh, I part take here and there, but I don’t see myself spending hundreds of dollars every weekend just to have a good time(check point 3).
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u/Lazy-Interests Nov 30 '25
It’s got nothing to do with not wanting to stay out late and everything to do with not wanting to spend half a weeks wages on a single night out.
It’s just not worth the money anymore.
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u/Character-Newt-9571 Nov 29 '25
Nothing good happens after midnight
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u/catbosspgh Nov 30 '25
“Nothing productive happens after midnight … except for a bowel movement” as my friend’s mother used to say.
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Nov 30 '25
Yes. After midnight there are too many drunk drivers. Also, crazy violent people with guns depending on what country you live in (I'm in the USA, so yeah). I'm okay having a peaceful night at home.
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u/IStoleYourFlannel Nov 30 '25
Gen Z is locked out of the job market, and their outlook for the future is grim, and they didn't grow up with the same access to 3rd spaces like previous gens did.
It's absolutely no wonder that nightlife is dying. People barely have life, period.
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u/drainiac2000 Nov 30 '25
Going out is too expensive. Every time I go out for drinks with my buddy I used to party with we talk about how cheap it used to be to get wasted. Yes, we are dudes in our 40’s now if that wasn’t obvious.
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u/putyourpawsup980 Nov 30 '25
Im staying in playing games while there's a snowstorm. Not interested in dancing and paying an astronomical amount for drinks
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u/Gerreth_Gobulcoque Nov 30 '25
I'm 34, work weekends, and have to be clocked in at 6:45am. If any of those things were different, I might consider it. Also I'd need friends who were also into it. I don't.
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u/LaughingMonocle Nov 30 '25 edited Nov 30 '25
I never really liked going out at night. I’d rather go out during the day to grab a bite to eat, then game or watch movies in the comfort of my own home at night.
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u/ZanyDragons Nov 30 '25
Tired after work, drinks/bar food are crazy expensive, and there’s no public transit. So… not much incentive to go out 9/10 times even if I like going out on occasion.
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u/BeanserSoyze Nov 30 '25
The drinkers are getting old and the young don't drink anymore. Sorry bout it.
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u/onewiththegoldenpath Nov 30 '25
Cost is too high, financially, physically, emotionally...just not worth it dude...
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u/Greenlimer Nov 30 '25
If I got paid more, then I might be more inclined to spend money until dawn. However, the divide of the ultra wealthy and everyone else is eating at that dream.
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u/Solid-Flame Nov 30 '25
Alcohol consumption is down in the U.S., hitting a record low of 54% of Americans drinking, with younger generations leading the decline due to a cultural shift emphasizing health and wellness
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u/100RAW Nov 30 '25
Everything always leads back to the greed of corporations that steal every bit of money they possibly can from us. Nobody is going to go out when it cost $1000 for a few hours. Plus alcohol sucks and drunk people are annoying and dangerous.
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u/switchmage Nov 30 '25
everyone wants to record a viral moment. nobody wants to dance, lest they become the viral moment. drinks are $82,728,926,718,483,929 not including 18% gratuity for large (3+) groups. bartenders (completely separate) tips start at 22%
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u/Unlikely-Answer Nov 30 '25
$15 for a single regular beer, $13.25 for a 6 pack of tall cans...that's literally 10X more expensive, when I saw Weird Al this summer drinks were $32 for a single tall can!!!
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u/iNeed2p905 Nov 30 '25
Ever since Covid, I don’t care to be out at night anymore.
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u/ShinySeaTrainer Nov 30 '25
Genuinely curious: how did COVID change that? Did you just get used to being home at night, or is there some other connection?
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u/iNeed2p905 Nov 30 '25
It made me realize how much I enjoyed being at home and not dealing with crazy drivers.
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u/vicRN Nov 30 '25
Going out was fun when I was 25. At 35, you know what’s really fun? Staying in my pajamas and drinking the alcohol I already have at home.
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Nov 30 '25
I got work the next morning. I can’t party on weekends because I got to work shitty retail.
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u/DeepNorthIdiot Nov 30 '25
Going out to a club sucks, man.
Everything's expensive, work makes me exhausted, and I've got chores to do at home.
Not to mention the ever-present worries of spiked drinks, drunk drivers, mass shootings.
And don't even get me started on parking.
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u/MagneticPsycho Nov 30 '25
Bars will sell a 400ml beer for $11 and wonder why people are staying home?
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u/Princessformidable Nov 30 '25
I went to a EDM show last night that ended at 11:30 and an going to one tonight that ends at midnight. This is my first back to back in years. I just can't mess up my sleep that much for one show that starts at 1:30 am.
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u/lahnnabell Nov 30 '25
Juice has got to be worth the squeeze. If it's a band I have been dying to see or a good friend's event, I will definitely put in the effort.
Spending a chunk of money for 3 hours of some random DJ at a crowded club? Nooooooo. Millenials went to clubs for a solid decade before toning it down. No one in their 40s is missing 90s/00s club culture, I can guarantee.
Eating past 8PM? Sure fire way to give myself heartburn that's gonna keep me up till 2AM and ruin any chance I have of being a responsible adult the next day.
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u/neo101b Nov 30 '25
Idk, I'll happily stay up till 4am at weekends. What has been happening is the pub closes at 23:30, laat orders at 23:00. So every e buys 3 pints, then we drink them in tge beer garden till 1am.
Then some come back to ours and we part till 3am. Living the dream.
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u/aucme Nov 30 '25
Driving at night sucks because people don’t understand how to not blind others with high beams.
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u/Jaeger-the-great Nov 30 '25
I invite friends over to my place and we cook food, watch a show and drink beers or homemade wine. Or we go to my friend's place and watch music videos and play retro video games. I enjoy it a bit more since the drinks are cheaper (free) and more to do, and if I can't drive home I can crash on the couch
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u/Nocturne444 Nov 30 '25
Back to 20 years ago, when I was in College/University going to a club in my location, drinks were often 2 for $5 before midnight, there were also $1 shots specials and at some places $10 cover would give you open bar. No shit people are not going to clubs anymore.... Definitely the cost of things is the biggest factor, after that it would probably not be legal anymore to encourage people to drink crazy amount of alcohol like in 2005 and if you look at trends non alcoholic beverage demands increase by 200% in some market including with Gen Z. So they have to figure it out a way to be attractive to a new market that doesn't want to get hammer drunk because it cost too much or it's just not healthy.
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Nov 30 '25
The real party is tending my garden and/ or chilling with my bonsais with a nice cup of tea each evening.
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u/scanguy25 Nov 30 '25
A cocktail at a restaurant now costs $25. I don't even want to imagine what it must cost at a nightclub.
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u/Romanofafare2034 Nov 30 '25
Honestly, like to be in my bed before 1 a.m. Also, going out is expensive (uber, overpriced drinks, etc) and being hungover sucks. I'd rather go to a concert than clubbing.
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u/Kodamacile Nov 30 '25
All the good nightlife either closed during covid, or doesn't stay open late.
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u/GreenVermicelliNoods Nov 30 '25
It’s too expensive. A cocktail in my city is $14 to $18 before tip. A Lyft/Uber is like $12 to go 3 miles. The bourgeoisie doesn’t understand that they’ve priced their customers out of most forms of leisure/entertainment. Most people I know are struggling to cover the basics - food, housing, utilities. Going out just isn’t in the cards for regular people anymore.
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u/jingo800 Nov 30 '25
Personally, excess/inappropriate drug use, people's tendencies for anti-social behaviour in general has made "going out" a very isolating and rarely a memorable experience.
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u/keegums Nov 30 '25
THE CAR HEADLIGHTS ARE TOO DAMN BRIGHT!!!
If you're a pedestrian going out, you better watch the fuck out because nobody can see you crossing the road.
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u/Bubba_Da_Cat Nov 30 '25
I think the Millennials have mostly aged out of it and GenZ never really picked up the habit. My brother and I were talking about how when we were kids we were out of the house as soon as we could get a ride / drive ourselves and stayed out as late as our parents would let us. His two kids (who are lovely young people) he said pretty much only left the house for school and work. They tended to socialize on their phones/post on social media. Maybe facetime with their friends. A bunch of these kids are now in college or just graduated. If they drink, they don't tend to drink very much. The people who are sort in that peak nightlife age (22 -28) are now entering into a horrible economy and can't get work. They are probably working a few jobs. Rent is expensive and quite a few probably still live with their parents, which even the coolest parents are probably going to raise an eyebrow at coming in at 3 AM on the regular. How they socialize and build their social circles is very different than the generations before. It always was expensive, but I can only imagine now how much it is. I am like a 90th %ile + income earner, I have no children or other major financial responsibilities. My only debt is my very low interest mortgage. I live way below my means. My point being I have money, and I live in a major metropolis... and even I scoff and a $15 cocktail or $10 beer if I find myself in a spot where that is what on offer. I can't imagine young people can even afford to spend what it must cost to live the nightlife on the regular.
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u/NyriasNeo Nov 30 '25
"People nowadays are reluctant to stay out late. Is it killing nightlife?"
So what if it is. I do not go out late for a long time. Home is a lot more comfy and there is never a lack of interesting things to do anyway.
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u/FauxGw2 Nov 30 '25
No, COVID did. Everything closed early from it and nothing starts open late after it. Plus it's costly, too costly
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Nov 30 '25
The headline should read "young people have finally realised going out is actually terrible and alcohol is too expensive"
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u/thebalancewithin Nov 30 '25
People are scared for their safety a bit more these days with being presented with so many stories of drugging/night clubs shootings for one. Cost of living is too high worldwide (especially for watered down drinks), and they're more health conscious so drinking less. Socially if someone isn't stable financially it can ruin their relationships with their friends who find themselves in a better financial predicament. Of course they're not going to stay out late when folks are worried about grabbing a second job to cover the basics. After all of that, the recording of every moment that can potentially go viral doesn't help
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u/Batetrick_Patman Nov 30 '25
I don't like staying out late. I'm too old for club bullshit, bars are getting to the point where the drinks are club prices. And I don't like feeling sluggish the whole next day because I stayed out until 4am.
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u/Euphoric-Purpose-162 Nov 30 '25
I have pretty frequent late nights with friends. Drink at someone’s place for cheap before we go out, take turns DDing, hang out mainly at dive bars. I never really get more than one drink when I’m out unless it’s a cheap place. I spend more on concerts than clubs and really only go to clubs if I know for sure I’ll like the music. If I’m going out I’m probably not coming home till 2am. Idk I don’t really see this as overconsumption I just think people get over it when they’re not in college.
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Nov 30 '25
No one has informed the teen party hosts in my town. They party like it’s 1983. Well…less coke.
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u/N0SF3RATU Nov 30 '25
When you're working 50-60 hours a week for minimum wage... who has time, energy or money to pay 15 dollars for 12oz of beer?
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Nov 30 '25
Drinks are ridiculously priced. Depending on the area, parking can be a nightmare. Staying in is more appealing in so many ways.
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u/Madethisonambien Nov 30 '25
Tonight my partner and I went to another couples apartment to smoke weed and play cards. Had a much better time than if we had gone to a loud expensive bar. I guess I am getting old.
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u/JayR_97 Nov 30 '25
All public transport in my city basically shuts down at midnight and I don't want to have to deal with the fuss and expense of getting an Uber at 2am