the beach. chicago set it aside for public use instead of reserving it only for the rich and now the lake front is several giant parks with at least one beach on each one and lots of other stuff to do.
i prefer the beaches w/o children (eg hollywood) where you can spend all day & night having a good time until the police make everyone leave and they have a restaurant & bar on the beaches that’s really convenient and with a beach friendly dress code on the adult beaches.
Board. Game. Clubs.
They are f___ing awesome!
When I visited Copenhagen I visited a massive board game cafe. ‘Bastard Cafe’. Not my video but look how awesome it is:
What a great space! That looks beyond cosy.
Forest walk with dog.
If you want something more consistent join a group especially one organized around a common activity. When I moved to a new city I joined a local game stores weekly DnD game. It was $5 per week and we played in person every week. It was the same rotating cast so it was fun to meet the same people.
I just joined a running group. While a few are crazy distance runners who do multiple marathons a year, including those who do multiple ultra-marathons a year, there are more casual people like me. Its great to exercise every week and then we get to chat afterwards when we go out for food. These are common in most cities and there might even be more than 1 to try out.
The great things about these groups is you can skip a week without any issue and then just join back in. A shared interest allows you to chat about that as a jumping off point. Also some of these are a wide age range which is interesting to see people in different stages of life.
Great idea about joining local groups. There’s an adult kickball group in my area that has a lot of members/teams.
They are generally sports related but anything will do. Its great since its weekly you just have standing plans with the same people. Also people go there specifically to meet people and there is an established group
I don’t have a place! It’s becoming a major problem.
Third places are disappearing.
I hate spending money and that attitude has turned me into a hermit.
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Museums, art galleries
Movies/cinemas
Hiking on trails or just walking
Shopping mall, even just for window shopping
The beach if nearby
Hiking, socialist work or socialist socializing, friends, that’s mostly it
Nice.
Grocery store, liquor store, basement.
Grocery store if I need to just get out.
Thrift stores if I’ve got more time.
Driving out to a restaurant far outside of town if I’ve got more time.
gotta find hella spots in your city to chill with yourself or someone. Also finding some cool places to drive around, go shopping at random small trinket stores or smoke
We have an incredible local park with a great greenhouse that has tables you can sit at and read and have coffee.
Park, plant nursery, or Sonic- an American fast food restaurant where you drive up and park or they have a couple of outside tables and it’s pretty good for people watching.
The areas of the city center that aren’t overrun by filthy tourists or the park
To my back yard, where I light up the firepit, and drink whiskey
