Bars are notable for staying open late, but I’m not really familiar with alternatives that might operate similarly. I think many cafés (at least around my area) tend to close a few hours earlier by comparison, which would be my go-to for an alternative otherwise, so what other options are there?
24-hour coffee shops
24-hour diners, though they can get a little interesting at night. Do not underestimate a waffle House at 3:00 in the morning
24-hour libraries: these are rare
24-hour restaurants like burrito places.
Really depends what you want to do, do you want to just chill, or do you want to hang out with friends, or do you want to eat, there’s a lot of options.
Unfortunately 24 hour libraries, or even late night, are pretty much non-existent now because 1) parents use them as babysitters and 2) nothing against homeless people but librarians aren’t equipped or staffed to take care of them appropriately.
And now with the book bans librarians are in short supply too, which means shorter hours and even fully closing on some weekdays.
Support your local library, everyone! See if there’s a “friends of” group. It’s a great way to connect with your community.
This is one of the unfortunate things. I never wanna hang around in libraries anymore. Decent number of people that look scary, and the bathroom stalls have been cut down so low to make sure people can be revived if they OD that I don’t really feel comfortable using the restroom there anymore. Hardly any privacy.
I wanna solve the drug problem and housing problem so that our public spaces are chill again. When I was a kid, there were “cool” homeless people that all the students got to know as we all rode the same bus lines, basically just people down on their luck, but otherwise normal. Nowadays, it’s only aggressive drug addicts who are angrily shouting because they can’t afford the medicines that help keep them moored, made worse by fentanyl. Would really appreciate universal Healthcare and goverment funded public housing for normies and for people down on their luck or perhaps those getting a second or third chance at life.
Or their MDs don’t believe that the medicines help them, or they can’t afford to even make it to the appointment, or they feel better mentally but worse physically and their MD won’t help them find an Rx with better side effects because the MD has this notion that you’ve gotta suffer when you’re disabled, or…
Being on the low end of the socioeconomic spectrum sucks. Trust me.