Social Is the whole nightclubbing scene dead?

Do you still go nightclubbing?

  • Yes, often. - (I go 15 or more times a year)

    Votes: 3 5.4%

  • Yes, somewhat. - (I go 5 to 14 times a year)

    Votes: 1 1.8%

  • Yes, rarely. - (1 to 4 times a year)

    Votes: 13 23.2%

  • No, not anymore.

    Votes: 39 69.6%
  • Total voters
    56
Me and the wife try to go once a month. It's a really fun date night
 
TeTe said:
The drink lol. I know the one next the the highway in Fulton St changed to Carnival or some shit. Who knows what it is now.
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The drink was good in 90s at least the one downtown . My favorite was Shelter . We would start at elixir then move to shelter around midnight. Was great after bulls games 1/2 the team was at Elixir and Rodman basically lived at Shelter till he opened his own club .

Ahh the memories of my mid 20s . Good times
 
Hard to say. I think this is one of those things that seems dead, the older you get and the less you partake. Maybe the stats tell a different story, but my small town still has a few nightclubs rocking every weekend, and the big cities still seem to have a rather large club scene. I hear about them every time there's a shooting.
 
Technology made them obsolete is the main reason they're dying out, although there are ethnic, cultural and economic changes as well. Of course technology to some extent also brought about those changes.

While there probably will be more females than males in most venues and nightlife districts nowadays, I expect most photographers are snapping/filming females preferentially, which will give a skewed perception of the sex ratio.

Ultrahypergamy + dating apps mean females aren't really looking to meet people for romantic encounters in nightclubs any more. They go for the social event and social media content. What males are there are probably gay or just there for a friendly outing, rather than with any hopes of meeting a romantic partner. With the exception of a small share of very high-status males, and probably a small share of stubborn males who are still trying to run game old school, and are willing to accept massive negative feedback.

Some of this has already been mentioned.
 
It isn't dying as such but in the UK, especially down south it's more of 2 defined camps, one that involves clubs that are really to extract money from men, table, bottle service.... Will cost you 1000's a night to go and be seen, girls will be of a certain type .... Mostly gold diggers, some escorts that sort of thing .... Low lifes really, with expensive tastes......

The others are the dance clubs, people go to listen to music and probably get off their face.......bit more of an honest crowd
 
William Huggins said:
It isn't dying as such but in the UK, especially down south it's more of 2 defined camps, one that involves clubs that are really to extract money from men, table, bottle service.... Will cost you 1000's a night to go and be seen, girls will be of a certain type .... Mostly gold diggers, some escorts that sort of thing .... Low lifes really, with expensive tastes......

The others are the dance clubs, people go to listen to music and probably get off their face.......bit more of an honest crowd
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Yeah this is a good post - the traditional nightclub role of going to meet a romantic partner is on the way out (pubs are also declining rapidly, for partly different reasons) - but what about live music venues and high-end clubs which are more of a means to convert money into status and social capital, and mix with other elite individuals?

Rather counter-intuitively, apparently cinema and live music are growing as markets, although I think, as always in Capitalism, the bigger fish are gobbling up the smaller ones. So I suppose the role of nightclubs is shrinking and morphing.
 
Streeter said:
The drink was good in 90s at least the one downtown . My favorite was Shelter . We would start at elixir then move to shelter around midnight. Was great after bulls games 1/2 the team was at Elixir and Rodman basically lived at Shelter till he opened his own club .

Ahh the memories of my mid 20s . Good times
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Yeah Rodman opened Nocturnal under the green line on lake st. I went there opening night and he was there with Carmen Electra
 
Contempt said:
WTF, seems like there's about four women for every guy in that London video. Guess guys have had enough of that BS.

I don't think I've actually been to a club since my 20's... I was always a bar guy myself.
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I am curious by what you mean when you see a nightclub with 4 women for every guy and you think that is because "guys have had enough of that BS"?

I can see girls continue to go to clubs, even if guys do not go because back in my day one of the most popular bars for the ladies night out was a gay bar that was almost exclusively all guys prior.

While many times the girls out absolutely want certain guys to hit on them and to buy them drinks, etc, there are also many gals who just love to get out and dance and have fun and not be hit on. that is far more prevalent in women's outings then men's in my experience.
 
650lb Sumo said:
Technology made them obsolete is the main reason they're dying out, although there are ethnic, cultural and economic changes as well. Of course technology to some extent also brought about those changes.

While there probably will be more females than males in most venues and nightlife districts nowadays, I expect most photographers are snapping/filming females preferentially, which will give a skewed perception of the sex ratio.

Ultrahypergamy + dating apps mean females aren't really looking to meet people for romantic encounters in nightclubs any more. They go for the social event and social media content. What males are there are probably gay or just there for a friendly outing, rather than with any hopes of meeting a romantic partner. With the exception of a small share of very high-status males, and probably a small share of stubborn males who are still trying to run game old school, and are willing to accept massive negative feedback.

Some of this has already been mentioned.
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What technology do you think of that would make the 'night club experience' obsolete?

Is it 'the evolving music delivery technology from Walkman to digit everywhere' that you are referring to as i do not think the 'nightclub experience' was about 'music delivery', in the way a concert would be, and was more about interacting with the people you were attracted to in an environment of fun where you hoped they would be more open to interaction.
 
I am super grateful i spent my prime youth working years (20's thru mid 30's) working in big Cosmopolitan cities that had vibrant nightlife scenes. We would have groups from work heading to the clubs on Thursdays and Saturdays and then eventually Tuesday's were added as clubs gave cheap drinks and other incentives to attract the $2 Tuesday Movie Night crowd to drop in a bar or club on their way home.

I think that experience was invaluable in helping to evolve us is in to more 'social' people both for work and personally.

Now my preference is a sit down cocktail club or a live music venue when i get the itch to go out, but i recall my clubbing days very fondly.
 
ChosenOne said:
I am super grateful i spent my prime youth working years (20's thru mid 30's) working in big Cosmopolitan cities that had vibrant nightlife scenes. We would have groups from work heading to the clubs on Thursdays and Saturdays and then eventually Tuesday's were added as clubs gave cheap drinks and other incentives to attract the $2 Tuesday Movie Night crowd to drop in a bar or club on their way home.

I think that experience was invaluable in helping to evolve us is in to more 'social' people both for work and personally.

Now my preference is a sit down cocktail club or a live music venue when i get the itch to go out, but i recall my clubbing days very fondly.
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There's no cheap drinks anymore, even with specials
 
ChosenOne said:
What technology do you think of that would make the 'night club experience' obsolete?

Is it 'the evolving music delivery technology from Walkman to digit everywhere' that you are referring to as i do not think the 'nightclub experience' was about 'music delivery', in the way a concert would be, and was more about interacting with the people you were attracted to in an environment of fun where you hoped they would be more open to interaction.
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You don't seem to have really caught my drift. I didn't say 'Technology has made the nightclub experience obsolete.' One point I (and at least one other person) made, is that smartphones and dating apps have rendered them obsolete for meeting romantic partners.
 
And while i had to vote "no, not any more" as i certainly do not go 1-4 times a year, i will still go from time to time, especially when i am dating a new girl, and especially if it is taking longer than expected to get to sex.

I have yet to date a gal who does not love to get out and dance and that a fun night out dancing with drinks does not lead to sex after if you do not blow it. There is no better transition, imo and it is not age restricted.

So when i am dating someone new or in a rut with someone, i have always found a night out dancing opens a lot back up and i am down to cut a muthafvcking rug...

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650lb Sumo said:
You don't seem to have really caught my drift. I didn't say 'Technology has made the nightclub experience obsolete.' One point I (and at least one other person) made, is that smartphones and dating apps have rendered them obsolete for meeting romantic partners.
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ahhh ok. And yes that is sad with a large degree of truth.

the difference in the experience imo, is a real loss. What is learned in approaching gals in bars, and succeeding and failing, is so key to so many other things, that Apps just do not provide.
 
shunyata said:
20 years ago LA felt that way already to me.

Coming from the East Coast with NYC last calls being 4 am it seemed wild to me that everything shut down at 2 am in LA, and the house parties were always going longer and stronger because of it.

Then I got old and had kids and the house parties got earlier and earlier.

Next thing you know the house party is a daytime bbq pool party with kids everywhere and parents lining up for tequila shots in the kitchen.
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I feel you sherbro. LA house parties go all night but the club scene ends unfortunately early… as I said before House parties > Clubs (as long as you know the rt people).

I have kids as well but I still have my fun a couple days out of the month. I am a better Dad and businessman because I know how to treat myself in healthy ways. My life is opposite of mundane and it makes me the best version of me in my relationships both business and otherwise. Your the foundation of everything in your life you need to treat yourself first to keep the foundation strong. I’m actually headed to a pool party at this big ass house later today for some live streamer. But I was kicking it with my son at his wrestling practice last night and taking him to dinner etc. Life’s about healthy balance.
 
ChosenOne said:
I am curious by what you mean when you see a nightclub with 4 women for every guy and you think that is because "guys have had enough of that BS"?

I can see girls continue to go to clubs, even if guys do not go because back in my day one of the most popular bars for the ladies night out was a gay bar that was almost exclusively all guys prior.

While many times the girls out absolutely want certain guys to hit on them and to buy them drinks, etc, there are also many gals who just love to get out and dance and have fun and not be hit on. that is far more prevalent in women's outings then men's in my experience.
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The video showed about four women out going to those clubs for every guy... what other conclusion would you draw except that guys are sick of going out to clubs and aren't going anymore? ...at least in that area, based on the video in any case.
 
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