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How could I make my town a little less lame (reddthat.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I just moved into a new area, well in area that I used to live in and I remembered how lame it is. Most shops close at like 9:00 or 10:00. No nightlife to speak of, super family friendly and squeaky clean. Picturesque suburbs but I feel like I'm honestly trapped. But then it occurred to me. There might actually be something I can do about it, I mean there must be some reason why this village in particular closes super early and all the surrounding ones have normal times right? It's a smallish town, I must be able to do something, right? Anybody have any idea where I can start? Start to maybe bring some nightlife into this place, maybe some culture that isn't just aimed at upper middle class families with young children? Please let me know if you have any ideas, I've never done something like this before

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh man if you OP is trying to make Ottawa fun they can just forget about it. I lived there for over 10 years and I’m convinced the city doesn’t want to improve or be more fun. I left that place.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Naw, screw that - we need more people trying to make this place fun. If by some chance it is Ottawa, I'm sure they'd find receptive folks at The Dom/House of Targ/Arts Court/The Mayfair/Rainbow/AskAPunk/Tuesday Club/PROBE/One of the festival committees (except poutine and rib)/Spectrasonic/Awesome Ottawa/Canada Council for the Arts/White Rabbit/SPAO/One of the Zine collectives/Gladstone Theatre/Ottawa Little Theatre/Brass Monkey, for some reason/T's Pub/Swizzles/Enriched Bread/Absolute Comedy/Cafe Dekcuf/that one house in Barrhaven (iykyk)/CKCU/CHUM/probably quite a few others I'm not aware of. Heck, you could bug the Night Mayor, what exactly is he up to these days?

It all really comes down to what you consider fun. Are you going to have the same degree of options as you would in Montreal and Toronto? No. But if you want fun, there's things to do, places to check out, people to meet and a not-insignificant number of folks who want more of these.