What happened to the BR nightlife

Is it generational or some other variable at play here that’s caused such a dead zone in nightlife?

As a young guy, going out in BR was such fun as there were literally countless spots that were hopping so that we would often end up bar hopping all night.

Just take College and Perkins alone for example, you had Miami’s and the adjoining bar (the name of which escapes me at the moment) off Bennington. A little later on came Triple A. You had Southdowns, Peppy’s, another bar next to it where Bulldog is right now, and down the street you had the Caterie. There was also Glenn’s Bombay club.

You could take a drive off Florida and there was 2001, Happy Note, Texas Club, and Cowboys. Downtown, there was a 3 story bar in Catfish Town called Louie’s on the Levee, a prime stopping off point prior to venturing to the Kingfish.

Off Sherwood, you could hit up the Common Point (later to become Mike’s Bar and Grill), another bar next door, Ricky B’s for the older crowd, or you could hear live rock bands at The Sports Page, or venture to Tom Drive and hit up Pappa Joe’s.

Except for a few, most of these spots had big dance floors, and people were out in force. For its size, this city had a decent little night life, but today it seems to be all but dead in comparison, small dives and a few decent sized places with people drinking and perusing their cell phones, and almost no place outside maybe an LSU bar I can think of that has an actual dance floor of any significance.

Is it generational, technology, MADD, or some other variable I’m not thinking of?