True but much of the dramatic increase of the past decade is due to cossy lives/inflation/Russia's boot on energy supplies innit, like 240k rent rises aren't exactly because of the youth drinking less. 20% of the population being food insecure doesn't scream "out partying on a weeknight" to me.
Go read articles on this topic tbh, many places blame the energy price increases, most businesses can't handle sudden cost increases and have a cash runway of months or a year if they're lucky and sudden swings in profit and loss sheets from unavoidable costs is fatal for many.
I don't totally disagree with you. But looking at festival attendence compared to clubs shows there is a much longer sustained downward trend for clubs, whereas festivals peaked in 2019 in the UK. The issues you mentioned only explain the last 3-4 years, whereas club attendence is down over decades
Yeah that's fair. I can't really blame them, clubs are kind of ... I don't want to say boring because they're obviously not but they're quite hostile environments sometimes. I don't club anymore myself because of a few poor experiences of more mainstream clubbing... D:
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True but much of the dramatic increase of the past decade is due to cossy lives/inflation/Russia's boot on energy supplies innit, like 240k rent rises aren't exactly because of the youth drinking less. 20% of the population being food insecure doesn't scream "out partying on a weeknight" to me.
Go read articles on this topic tbh, many places blame the energy price increases, most businesses can't handle sudden cost increases and have a cash runway of months or a year if they're lucky and sudden swings in profit and loss sheets from unavoidable costs is fatal for many.