I'm hoping that Joe Offer will authorize this to be converted into a permathread, so responses may get edited a bit as time goes on.

I've seen the differences between US and UK venues pop up time after time, in lots of threads. I've seen the faraway look on the faces of the visiting UKers who tried to share the feel of clublife. I can't afford the airfare to come absorb it through my skin. So let's go ahead and tackle it as a discussion. Can those of you with experience of UK clubs help me out?

My brain is a bit challenged these days-- please help me by focusing on the questions posed, and PM me any new questions you think we ought to include. I'm sure eventually we'll get to it all, but I want to try to avoid sparking off "thread creep" that gets ahead of my ability to understand what you're posting.

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First questions--

1. When you think of the club you like to go to best, what do you think of first? What's the setting? What's the atmosphere like at "your" club?

2. How do clubs start? How do they evolve-- do they change? What's different between a brand new club and one that's been around since anyone can remember?

Thanks!

~Susan

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I think we're still in a position where we want most threads to grow naturally, without being known from the onset as edited threads. Let's leave this a regular, unedited thread.
-Joe Offer-