> grab some coffees and a beer at 8 PM. For the next four hours, I feel like very few people in America could afford this in the places the vast majority of th

> grab some coffees and a beer at 8 PM. For the next four hours, I feel like very few people in America could afford this in the places the vast majority of the population lives, especially multiple days per week. Even a couple hours of hanging out at a commercial establishment seems like it would cost $20, and many are designed for higher turnover so that you aren’t sitting there for 4 hours while nursing a couple coffees. Not only are land/rent costs high in the places central to where people can meet, but labor costs at 8PM to 12AM are high too.