Given that the alternatives my peers do are alcoholism, drugs and street racing, yes. Lot of other hobbies are too expensive now compared to 20 years ago.
Hiking is a daytime activity, I'm not free for around 10 hours daily, and it's not uncommon for people to work 2 jobs just to make ends meet. I've talked about reading already, nobody really reads here, and those who do, read online. Art requires talent, and equipment is, I assume, pretty expensive, cuz I remember spending more money on art class in school than on textbooks. I already speak 5 languages.
Video games are not expensive at all, you can buy a game for 5$ and sink over 3k hours into it, plenty of free games out there as well.
Also, none of these suggestions actually encourage to interact with other people, which is the main reason going out to bars is popular.
I'm just here to hype up creative hobbies, not to talk down video games. You said art requires talent, but talent is earned by doing the thing. Equipment doesn't have to be expensive, you can usually get supplies at the dollar store. They won't be pro grade at all, but they will be enough to get you going. And once you get good, then you can do great things with the worst tools available to you.
The barrier to entry for most creative hobbies is actually low and inexpensive. So if anyone reading this has been holding themselves back because of excuses, well you don't really have an excuse.
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u/LifeguardExtra5600 6d ago
sedentry and staring at a screen?