- Public swimming pool
- Public library
- Public park
- walking path by the river
- espresso bar
- public bath (with the little one)
- friends house
- family (in law) house
- mall / department store
- cinema
- walk or bicycle around the neighborhood
- supermarket
Since we got the baby I can’t do it anymore but especially when I was single it was one of my favorite things to do. I had a semi professional photo camera and I would go out and do street photography. I would go to another city for a daytrip just to do that.
Boy whatever this public coporation is it seems to have some nice stuff. Hope it catches on. /s
Walks around town
Bike ride
Gym
Walk along the stream looking at the mallards
Trail running (as soon as I get started with it…)
Park/square bench, filled thermos and something to read
I just meander without purpose, going whichever way feels good. The unaimed arrow never misses.
I live in a walkable city so I have a lot of options by just going outside on foot.
The park. Sometimes for a walk, sometimes for a bike ride.
Grocery store or something nearby. Get a snack or something for dinner.
Thrift store, though that’s a bike ride or train ride.
Library. Just browse the stacks.
Bookstore, less often, but sometimes it’s fun to see what they have.
Record shop, rarely, because I don’t have a record player but a few friends do, and I might see something they’d like.
Sometimes I just walk around without a goal. See what there is to see around here.
I like natural areas on the whole but also cityscapes. Riding the metro system with something read can be nice to. Belonging to a maker space is nice to. Its like one of those old timey social clubs but cheap and with a cool art/craft vibe.
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.
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.
I’m with you on that. The combination of inflation and working from home for the last few years have made me borderline agoraphobic at this point. I think I’ve had in-person interactions with fewer than 15 people in the last year. It’s just too expensive to do anything these days.
It’s probably not great for our mental health.
I also work from home, sometimes 4 or 5 days can pass before I realize I haven’t been outside in that amount of time.
Thrift stores.
Local arboretum and other gardens are nice. Parks. Boating, if the weather is right for it.
It’s also common for arboretums (and other museums) to have free days once a month, if you want to visit on the cheap.
The arboretum near me is free, so I’m lucky that way. Other gardens have a small fee to enter.
Hiking
My neighborhood is mostly concrete and apartments, but a few blocks away it’s multimillion dollar houses, well kept lawns, and huge shade trees. So I cross the 8 lane highway to get there and enjoy walking around and looking at their expensive shit for free.
Board. Game. Clubs.
They are f___ing awesome!
can you explain how you participate in these clubs? where I’m from, there are restaurants and coffee shops that offer board games for you and your group, as in, you already know the people you’d be playing with, and they’re normally not a place you’d go by yourself, waiting to find someone to play with.
Each area of the world is different.
Where I am, there are 3 or more groups that meet up every 2 weeks. They are informal meetups with a small fee of $5, for anyone to come down and join in playing boardgmes with others. At community centres in different suburbs.
You can pre-arrange to play with friends, or just meet and play with people on the day.
I’ve made many good friends, found great games, and taught many games to others through these groups.
To find them in your town, search for this:
Boardgame association [your town name]
Casual boardgame night [your town name]
Boardgame meetup [your town name]
If you can’t find any meetups using these strings, it may be an opportunity to set up a casual game group in your town.
- Boardgames that are awesome and I’ll play at anytime: Bruges, Inis, Port Royal, Innovation, Targi, Jaipur, Grand Austria Hotel, Morels.
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.
Coffee house, somewhere green, walk around town
The park is my first location.
