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I know that my question has a lot to do with the company I keep than the city in general, but I was wondering if there were any major cities that are less centered around going to bars/clubs as a means of socializing. I'm in a college town right now where basically the only way to have fun is to drink and I'm getting really sick of it honestly. I don't mind drinking every now and then (hell I'm on a hangover right now as I type this), but I find this form of entertainment to be tiresome after a while and I also hate hanging around people who can't seem to have fun unless they're drunk or high.
I'm much more into doing outdoor activities, going to a sporting event (and actually watching the game because you love your team/the game, not just as an excuse to get drunk), or having an intelligent conversation with people about politics, etc.
I don't mean to sound pretentious as I'm hardly some ivy-educated bodybuilder, but I was wondering if there were cities that lend themselves more to an intellectual/active lifestyle as opposed to just a bar scene. Again, it's fun to drink and get sloshed every now and then, but I don't think my body or my bank account can take the punishment that drinking heavily every week will do to them and I dislike the culture/prevailing attitude surrounding that whole scene.
From my own experience, I would look into places that offer a lot of options for entertainment. Unfortunately, people abuse alcohol everywhere, but I think it's worse when you live some place with nothing to keep you occupied. I can't offer any specific places, but I believe being in a larger place will make it easier to choose activities you like and avoid the booze scene.
Location: northern Vermont - previously NM, WA, & MA
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beach communities offer the best of both worlds.
I whole heartedly agree with this. The Beach has the paradoxical elements of the hardcore party life, but also some beaches have the serene environment that give the feeling of being away from life's BS elements, looking at the ocean and leaving it all behind.
Living in a dry country, community or that type of environment I think is as effective as prohibition was in the 1920's. No matter where you are though, one has to make decisions with absolute conviction on the kind of life they want to live and choose to surround them selves with the kind of people that have a healthy reflection of how one ideally sees themselves. This is everywhere.
Thanks for the responses, but to clarify, I need to be in a major city. My career choice (finance/accounting) lends itself to being in a metro with lots of commerce activity, plus I enjoy the amenities of being in a large city (by large city, I mean something at least the size of Raleigh, not just the megacities). I'm mostly just looking for cities that will give me access to the outdoors and has an "intellectual" (I hate that word because it sounds so pretentious) culture.
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Thanks for the responses, but to clarify, I need to be in a major city. My career choice (finance/accounting) lends itself to being in a metro with lots of commerce activity, plus I enjoy the amenities of being in a large city (by large city, I mean something at least the size of Raleigh, not just the megacities). I'm mostly just looking for cities that will give me access to the outdoors and has an "intellectual" (I hate that word because it sounds so pretentious) culture.
Living in a dry country, community or that type of environment I think is as effective as prohibition was in the 1920's.
I agree that dry laws won't prevent citizens from consuming alcohol. They'll just buy it from the nearest wet place. My parents went to college in a dry town and have tales from their college days of routine drives from dry college town to wet county seat to buy beer and wine.
But those laws would prevent taverns from operating (legally) on every street corner. I think that could lead to the kind of effect the OP was looking for. There would have to be a substitute activity to provide nightlife, like a bowling alley or a restaurant scene. Not everyone is going to be willing take the risk of going to a speakeasy type of place.
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