re: What ever happened to dance clubs?

It's a combination of things mentioned, and I think digital crap is a double whammy unfortunately. Kids stay on the damn devices instead of in the real world, and they have all this anxiety because everyone records and shares everything. If I knew my moves at 80s retro night back in '97 could end up online, I might not have busted out as freely.

In big cities & larger metro areas Bottle Service & I-phones have destroyed night clubs. What used to be the dance floor is now the bottle service area. If you are a guy or group of guys the only way you are getting in is with paying for a table & the women only want to hang out at tables with bottle service. These tables usually start at $1K & go way up from there. The average woman wants absolutely nothing to do with the average man anymore. I-phones make it much easier for a woman to avoid contact with any man she does not consider attractive as she will look down at her phone to attempt to avoid being hit on. I miss the old days.