[MattGaiser]

Options have also expanded.

The options are also not cooking at home vs going to a restaurant. There is now food delivery. It used to be that the only way to get ribs was to make them yourself or go to a restaurant and order them. But now a majority of my rib consumption is via Uber Eats.

Movies used to be either in a theatre or a grainy home screen. The home screen is no longer grainy. Same with sports. You have to want the atmosphere to go to a game now.

Beaches being crowded indicates use, so I wouldn't put it into the category of restaurant visits, movies, and sports, which are all declining categories overall.

[freeone3000]

We have a lot more people but the same amount of beach — even if people spend more total time at the beach, on average every person goes less often.

[shiroiushi]

>Movies used to be either in a theatre or a grainy home screen. The home screen is no longer grainy.

Yes, and it's actually better than going to a theater in most ways:

1) You can pause and go to the bathroom when you need to, instead of holding it and being miserable and then rushing to the crowded bathroom when the credits roll, or going during the movie and missing important plot points.

2) You can rewind it if you missed some important dialog.

3) You can turn on subtitling so you can understand all the dialog, in case your hearing isn't great, or the actors are mumbling as is common these days.

4) You can eat/drink whatever you want, and it costs only whatever your grocery store charges.

5) You can pause the movie and talk to your friend/SO about it.

6) You can put your feet all the way up with your recliner.

7) You can adjust the volume to whatever you like, so you don't have to listen to it deafeningly-loud as is common in theaters now.

8) You don't have to deal with some stupid stranger using their phone or talking loudly to their friends, or having their head block your view.

9) You don't have to worry about a retired cop shooting you.

[janalsncm]

It’s also way cleaner at home.

Movie theaters are probably going the way of the dodo. That doesn’t mean all outside activities are doomed. There’s just a higher bar. Entrepreneurs will have to focus on experiences people can’t get at home and make them accessible and affordable.