POPA ReconThe Fun Shortage Is Real, and It’s Making America Miserable
The Fun Shortage Is Real, and It’s Making America Miserable America has developed a genuine "fun shortage" - venues like bars, golf courses, bowling alleys, and movie theaters have shrunk sharply per capita over two decades while population, demand, and prices (concert tickets up 42%, coastal rentals up 38% since 2019) have surged This makes shared in-person leisure harder to access and afford, which researchers link to declining US happiness and even rightward political shifts, though loosened regulations and booming outdoor participation offer some hope https://www.bloomberg.com/news/feat…
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