Where do the 20-somethings/early 30's go to hang out that cost little or nothing?

When I was in my late teens/early 20's, my group of friends and others would go to coffee shops to hang out. It would cost us about a cup of coffee/energy drink per hour. Real cheap entertainment. someone would bring a deck of playing cards, a chess board and pieces, or some other portable form of fun.

What I have noticed is that coffee houses are closing down/becoming obsolete, like the 50's diners with the soda jerk, or the drive-in diners of the 70's.

Where do today's youngAmericanss go to be themselves, to hang out and be with friends that isrelativelyy safe and cost efficient?

It was the grunge/coffee house's of the mid/late 90's and the early 2000's that were popular; thencorporatee coffee joints (think Starbucks and the like) that put the simple and carefree mom n' pop's out of business.

So, I ask again, where can one go to hang out? I'm in my very early 30's and find no place that is equivalent to the coffee house.

Has the world changed that much in the past 5 or 6 years?

I'm 21 and currently in college. A lot of my friends and I hang out at a place called Lollicup where we drink bubble tea and play the board games that they have there. There is also a nice coffee shop (not a corporate owned shop) that is downtown where many college students like to hang out. Parks are always a nice place to be with friends, so if there is a park close to where you live, have a barbecue or get a frisbee to throw around. You could even rent a boat or go kayaking.