> City sponsored interest clubs There you go. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Culture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Culture Unsurprising, so

> City sponsored interest clubs There you go. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Culture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Culture Unsurprising, socialist governments put a lot of effort on socializing people. OTOH the US private transportation, education, housing is preferred to public one and that has social effects. Also gated communities, single-family houses, gentrification, and so on. The word "exclusive", used in real estate, is telling. All of this is meant to allow people that belong to the same social circles/companies/church to socialize and prevent mingling with people from other walks of life.