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Casinos are doing something about this. They jumped in to exploit this situation. Most popular activity, Slots, are all software based now. For many people with a casino in town, its the only affordable place that adults/elderly can hang out for hours with other adults. Relatively cheap at first if they play penny slots. Mind you, its a trap, since many of these people will get addicted fairly quickly. But pretty much everything costs money now. Going outside in Winter for an elderly person is not really suitable. The weather might be too harsh for many days in a row. But even in the summer, a trip to a national park could be $100+ with fuel and camping. So pretty pricey, for someone on a pension. And hanging out in a bar is not a great alternative either. Its not cheap, and carries serious downsides like drinking and driving charges, alcohol addiction and so on. I love capitalism. But pretty much everything that could cost money, does. My town, recently bulldozed rider made, mountain biking paths in two parks. Only to announce its own trail project half a year later. I have strong suspicion that it will cost money at some point in the future to ride these trails.