Any time I go to a large city im exhausted by being charged for doing anything. How do people have fun if theyre poor(the neat part, you dont, probably). And to make it worse many of them probably have a 1 bedroom apartment so its not like you can sit in there all day long (at least i cant).
I realize im still spending money by being in my house out of town, but still, at least things I buy are owned by me, and im not paying someone else every time I want to do anything. If I want to stay at home all day I have tons of stuff to occupy my mind without going nuts.
I figure 98% of lemmy users live in big cities so id like to hear this perspective!
Broke Ass Stuart had a lot of stuff for this. Also Craigslist has (or had) a whole section of free events. I never had problems finding free entertainment for the 10 years I lived in SF.
Check your library for local events, and local museums for resident free days.
Go to every park.
Go to every gallery.
Go to every neighborhood you’ve never been to and be curious about it.
This is advice I’d agree with for London, UK as well.
I just look on Google Maps for big green areas near me. Yesterday my mate and I went to a park we haven’t properly been to in 20 or so years, and it’s now a nature reserve! Walked around for over two hours and it was lovely.