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Message: [QUOTE="Cusefan95, post: 5203944, member: 173"] I don’t think the bar scene at very many schools in anything like it was 30 years ago. And it’s not just college bars in the US - 22% of all pubs in England have closed since 2020. Some of it gets attributed to changing lifestyles - but in reality a huge cost of living crisis in the west is driving those lifestyle changes. Fewer college bars is in a weird spot - on one hand, fewer 19 years olds drinking to excess and doing stupid stuff as a result is hard to view as a bad thing. But knowing that it’s not because they’re smarter than I was at their age, it’s just that they can’t afford to means fewer college bars is a bit of a canary in a coal mine. The standard of living in the west is likely to drop rapidly over the next generation - and in reality we see signs that it’s already started and is well underway. [/QUOTE]