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I'm 5 year older and I agree. You can also have a lot more fun by mixing board games / (drinking) card games / beer pongs in the same party.

It's becoming pretty common to know a few amateur DJs / music creators and if you have some decent speakers they happily mix for a part of the night. When they're done it's back to DJ ipod.

There is also plenty of raves where I live. I feel the atmosphere is much more enjoyable there than in night clubs

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90s clubs grew out of a similar scene. Many started as informal house parties, then grew into warehouse parties and field raves, and eventually that generated enough money for a permanent base and/or an official festival and/or supporting merch and other outlets. (Music labels, merch sales, boho restaurants and bars...)

There was a real startup-like scene around this in the 90s in Europe. You actually need impressive organisational, networking, and marketing talent to make a warehouse or field rave happen.

The festivals this spawned eventually turned into gigantic multi-stage events with the latest audio, VJ, laser, and other tech.

Unless Covid restrictions become permanent, I'd expect a similar cycle to repeat, although perhaps with different properties. (Empty shopping malls? Maybe even empty office blocks?)

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