Any time I go to a large city im exhausted by being charged for doing anything. How do people have fun if theyre poor(the neat part, you dont, probably). And to make it worse many of them probably have a 1 bedroom apartment so its not like you can sit in there all day long (at least i cant).
I realize im still spending money by being in my house out of town, but still, at least things I buy are owned by me, and im not paying someone else every time I want to do anything. If I want to stay at home all day I have tons of stuff to occupy my mind without going nuts.
I figure 98% of lemmy users live in big cities so id like to hear this perspective!
Someone else already said “library and park”. That’s essentially right, but there’s more.
My city does movies in the park all summer. There’s a similar music in the park set of events. Both free.
We have pretty good biking trails (just don’t try to commute by bike!).
Most of my friends are homeowners. We don’t all host the same amount, but we regularly get together at each others’ houses.
There’s a free zoo and a free art museum here. Other museums charge for admission, but the tickets are decently cheap.
We have some sports in the area, but our teams aren’t very trendy. I’m not sure what the pricing is like tbh.
There’s a lot of live music at some of the bars in the area. I don’t do a lot of this myself, but I think the cover was pretty minimal last time I went to one.
(OK, yes some of these things do cost money, but they’re not super spendy if you have any sort of budget)
You can use your library card to get cheaper or even free tickets to a lot of museums as well.
Great point! Libraries are kind of a cheat code for being able to do things on a dime.