Why do people like crowded places?

[Agent Orange]

I don't like crowds either, but I'll tolerate them. Can you imagine gravitating towards a crowded place for no good reason? If there are 2 bars side by side, one that's pretty mellow and one with a line out the door and a cover charge, I know my friends will choose the crowded and annoying one 9 times out of 10

I also cant stand circling blocks over and over looking for parking so I can walk into a crowded bar to pay $5 for a beer and shout over my conversations. To think I used to wait in lines for over 2 hours to get into Las Vegas clubs like a lemming. Some of my friends still enjoy this sorta scenery but I had enough of it.

Happy hours, special events, and fairs I can take. Opting to head into a clusterfuck under the pretense of 'fun' while there are other alternatives to self amuse I can't tolerate these days.

 

[h2v7]

THis

from a distance.

Stalker.

well kinda but i like to people watch up close and personal ya dig

 

[Var]

Totally unsurprising results. A bunch of people who like to socialize on the internet don't like crowds. Knock me over with a feather.

People who go to crowded places and don't talk to anyone don't like to socialize. I've met plenty of friends through the web because of common interests, one of which doesn't include being a lemming.

 

[MrIncredible]

Why do you live in the bay area?

 

[jacksprat]

Not liking large crowds != not liking to socialize.

If you spent less time rolling your eyes and more time working on your reading comprehension you'd realize I didn't say that, or imply it.

You use that emoticon so much it should be be recoded to, :lylith.

 

[Cali]

I like to get out and get around people, but like OP said... if it is so crowded you can't move around, so loud you can't talk, so busy it takes forever just to get a drink then it gets old quick and why even be there?

 

[Dug]

IMHO for me it works out like so:

If you value the friends you keep well I think you might choose a place that will allow you to enjoy their company without having to deal with the issues the OP described.

If you just want to be part of a "Scene" then you'll probably congregate toward places that are crowded and more active with people in order to be noticed.

The older (and hopefully more mature) you get the more you go for the later rather then the former.

 

[Blankpage]

"Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded."

 

[Dynarydr]

I think a really nice "lounge" would be cool. Problem is, I don't think there are any in the eastbay.