It’s what’s called a third space, and those have been dwindling. Thankfully there is a movement to make walkable neighborhoods and increase park area, but generations have grown up with no where to go for free to socialize, and it shows, half of us are feral and a third don’t know when to shut the fuck up and move along. Or just sit and enjoy being alive around other people. That is now a cultural issue caused by greed, corps and the wealthy needed never ending record profits and they made us reliant on cars, and made all entertainment cost something. It’s time to develop a different culture that acknowledges we need free socialization for the good of everyone. Some peaceful, some sporty, some nerdy, some crafty… all kinds, because a healthy society takes all kinds supporting each other.