A night out looks different from one generation to another.

If you didn't grow up in a larger city, your "night out" as a teen or college kid was probably in someone's garage, a field, or a fast-food parking lot. Maybe you went to a few bars later on. Wild times.

But according to Axios Chicago and Vice , Gen Z is rejecting those.

Soft Clubbing

Gen Z isn't going hard in the paint when it comes to going out. They're practicing soft clubbing, which are things like a DJ set and dance party...at a coffee shop. Or wellness-based activities like yoga, or even 'Thermal Gatherings' like sitting in a sauna. Basically, things that are quieter than a rave. Note that this trend comes along with a rise in popularity for non-alcoholic bevys.

Stats from Gallup show that, in 1981, 70% of adults

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