This seems to be a bit of an old fogy take. Little of what you say is relevant. No one is eating at McDonald's for dates. People ask others out for dinner all

This seems to be a bit of an old fogy take. Little of what you say is relevant. No one is eating at McDonald's for dates. People ask others out for dinner all the time. At least in my area, I'd wager that most dates are at rather diverse eateries. The reason young people in their 20s and 30s are struggling to meet people is that they are stressed as hell. They've had a shit world dumped on them with continued record high events in economic, social, political, and environmental disasters. They are overworked, stuck alone in shit commutes, expected to train themselves and learn off the job and only perform on the job, and are not respected by employers. That, and everything is off the rails expensive. Everyone with their family and fixed rate mortgage can sit high and mighty while 30 year old professionals still need roommates to be able to afford rent. When I was actively dating and active in social exercise activities, my days were like 9am-1am (continuous, i.e. I sat down to relax for the first time at midnight or 1am), with a huge amount of time taken up by commuting. TLDR: everyone's stressed, everything's expensive, there's no time for anything