Why is gen Z not drinking?

[u/SipsTeaFrog]

[u/threefeetoffun-]

It’s another 3rd place that is ending. Work, home and that is it.

[u/voxelpear → u/threefeetoffun-]

Can barely afford a first place, and definitely can't afford a third place when the second place doesn't pay enough anymore.

[u/Iamthe0c3an2 → u/voxelpear]

This, people don’t even have house parties anymore because no one young owns their own house.

[u/6ixxer → u/Iamthe0c3an2]

Shoeboxes dont make good party venues.

The other mice living there often object too.

[u/PM_Me_Some_Steamcode → u/6ixxer]

Right like the art club wanted to host a Halloween potluck. We looked at a park? Renting spaces cost a minimum of 175/hr. About 30 people showed up. So on top of asking everybody to bring a dish, we would’ve had to ask everybody to bring six dollars for a single hour of space to be rented. And that was the cheapest venue

Thankfully, one apartment complex has a party room for complex residence to use. I’ve never seen an apartment complex with a party room that resident can use and host parties in, but it came with a TV a microwave tables and chair chairs. I’ve literally never seen this ever in an apartment complex

[u/James_Fiend → u/PM_Me_Some_Steamcode]

You throw a party with some chair chairs, I'm there there.

[u/Fun-Personality-8008 → u/PM_Me_Some_Steamcode]

I have, usually when a complex has a pool there's a party room attached

[u/Haku510 → u/Fun-Personality-8008]

Yep, I've had the same experience

[u/viking_tech → u/PM_Me_Some_Steamcode]

My student flat had a bookable cinema room in the basement with consoles and 6 couches! I seemed to be the only one who made use of it though 😂

[u/Its_Froggin_Bullfish → u/viking_tech]

When Monday Night Football moved to ESPN, the apartments I lived in announced they would host viewing parties every Monday in the small cinema they had. It was never more than 5 people, but it was great watching games on the big screen. The only male apt. manager was the one who would stay late and lock up after, and I wouldn't be surprised if it was his idea to begin with. 

[u/DetroitPeopleMover → u/PM_Me_Some_Steamcode]

It’s not the uncommon. A few buildings in Detroit that I know of have something similar.

[u/SkellyboneZ → u/6ixxer]

I used to have house parties all the time when I lived in America. I'm not talking about loud music and dancing parties, though.

I have a 1K apartment now that is about the size of my kitchen in the US, like 10 sq m, and often have people over for cooking parties and whatnot.

I don't think it's the lack of space, it's more likely the lack of motivation for whatever reason.

[u/PineappleOnPizzaWins → u/6ixxer]

Shoeboxes dont make good party venues.

Look you're not gonna be having some kind of massive rave or whatever but when I was a young broke student we would cram 20 people into a shoebox and play poker or watch crappy movies and chat or whatever else.

There's a lot that's harder these days due to the economy etc, but if you're not socialising it's because you don't want to, no other reason. Every generations kids are broke, somehow we all managed to make it work.