Ah interesting. I have heard that London has a strong and somewhat unique pub culture. I'm not sure how much this applies elsewhere. Re. the rest though, maybe

Ah interesting. I have heard that London has a strong and somewhat unique pub culture. I'm not sure how much this applies elsewhere. Re. the rest though, maybe it's a "you get what you put in" thing to an extent, I think somewhat that's just how outgoing someone is (which I don't think is the same as how much they value/need connection). But I think a lot of this is very cultural too.