I don't go much because I don't have time, don't have the money, and I have to drive a long way to get there; I'd go more often if I could. I've just learned to be selective about what clubs and performers I go to see. I know that a lot of places downtown tend to draw a yuppie crowd (even when featuring decidedly un-yuppie music), and I find it extremely irritating to try to hear over the noisy camaraderie of a bunch of people who don't know or care anything about the music.

I also don't have a lot of money to spend and have to drive myself home, and I find that waitresses are a lot less friendly when you aren't blowing a week's wages on alcohol. A friend of mine and I arrived early, paid admission, bought Cokes, and ended up getting asked to give our table to two people who had came late but "wanted to sit next to each other". There were tables available towards the back but the people complained they couldn't see from there. I'm pretty sure the waitress wouldn't have ousted us if we'd been drinking. (We moved to the front and stood up the whole time to get even; the people who took our table left before the show was over, anyway).