If you're single and haven't given up yet, cities present more opportunities for night life. If I had a lady friend, I'd be moving to the middle of the woods.
I miss the city I used to live in, mainly for the resturants and nightlife. However, I moved bc the democrats destroyed said city. I now live in a red state in a quiet area, but have only a short drive for any city amenities. Bumble (or similar) is pretty good for making new connections without spending bar money.
If you learn to cook for yourself and invest the time you can not only cook everything to YOUR specifications and create challenge dishes and recipes but you can make for yourself a constructive hobby to hone your skills and impress your friends. Restaurants count on you bringing your friends for a social gathering and convenience to make bank.
Really, a lot of businesses make bank off of social and ingroup pressure to spend collectively. Usually when I go to a restaurant it's to look at a menu and find a new dish to make.
Failing that you can just spam nachos if you're lazy.
I love cooking. I like going to restaurants for the ambiance, the service, and the expert foodie-ness. You're talking like patronizing any type of resturant is a bad thing. Some of us like to get dressed up and go out because it's fun, not to impress others.
I'm not talking about McDonalds, TGIFridays, or some other chain.
If you're single and haven't given up yet, cities present more opportunities for night life. If I had a lady friend, I'd be moving to the middle of the woods.
I miss the city I used to live in, mainly for the resturants and nightlife. However, I moved bc the democrats destroyed said city. I now live in a red state in a quiet area, but have only a short drive for any city amenities. Bumble (or similar) is pretty good for making new connections without spending bar money.
If you learn to cook for yourself and invest the time you can not only cook everything to YOUR specifications and create challenge dishes and recipes but you can make for yourself a constructive hobby to hone your skills and impress your friends. Restaurants count on you bringing your friends for a social gathering and convenience to make bank.
Really, a lot of businesses make bank off of social and ingroup pressure to spend collectively. Usually when I go to a restaurant it's to look at a menu and find a new dish to make.
Failing that you can just spam nachos if you're lazy.
I love cooking. I like going to restaurants for the ambiance, the service, and the expert foodie-ness. You're talking like patronizing any type of resturant is a bad thing. Some of us like to get dressed up and go out because it's fun, not to impress others. I'm not talking about McDonalds, TGIFridays, or some other chain.