With me it was neither the smoke not the high price reasons for not going to the pub.. Instead it's the simple fact that we both prefer to go to a local (or for that matter jump in the car and find one further away) beauty spot, have a little picnic with a few bottles of beer/wine and enjoy our surroundings... Hard to do that in a building designed to sell you alcohol and food..
If though it's raining and we fancy a drink then it's in the house, cuddled in front of a good film on the sofa under a duvet..
If we were ever forced to go out for a drink we much prefer a decent café than a pub
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Just asked my partner when was the last time they went in the local pubs.. The answer was 20 years ago and they were born in this village
