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People still go out to events like concerts and holiday parties. Far fewer people casually go out to their local bars and coffee shops during the week. I’m pretty sure that’s empirical.

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UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

Far fewer people casually go out to their local bars and coffee shops during the week

Maybe in aggregate. But I can’t speak to that personally. My neighborhood bar is regularly slammed. There was a line around the block for some novelty tot bag at my local coffee shop.

Could just be a Houston phenomenon. But this dogged instance that nobody leaves the house anymore feels more like Internet dogma than fact.

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- Donkter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Right… Yeah in aggregate. Just cause you see a counterfactual in person doesn’t make it true. That’s how it works…
  
  And it’s strange, you say you can’t speak to that personally because you saw a line around the block, so what about the person who gave a personal anecdote to the opposite? You both have stories that contradict each other. How does this square in your framework?
  
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- nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  the downtown area of my home town is simply gone. it used to have a cluster of bars that were always packed, and it’s all just gone now.
  
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