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There are a lot of small townships and communities that love organizing events just to bring people together. Barbecues, block parties, potlucks, etc. I’m in the Midwest, so my experience may be different from others. A lot of farm towns around me have odd celebrations related to local history / lore.
I agree that an area’s local government is less likely to shell out for public events as compared to 50 years ago. However, I don’t see small towns giving up on putting together community events. I have family in a podunk town of family businessss and trailer parks around a lake, and they will use any excuse to come together and celebrate.
Big, city-wide, free/nonprofit events are becoming more rare and less inclusive, absolutely. However, I’m hoping the power of people will prevail and communities will still self-organize and come together to socialize, to entertain, and forget about life for a bit.
All a good party needs is people, snacks, and music. And black jack. And hookers.