From Travel Educator Bijan C. Bayne
Robert Putnam’s landmark work “Bowling Alone” http://www.bowlingalone.com/
postulates that Americans no longer socialize in ways they did when community bowling, mah jong, and bridge games were popular. Transience and suburban sprawl has pulled us apart. The Internet has also had an affect on personal contact. Yet in some major cities, bowling, and more specifically, downtown bowling, signals a nostalgic yen for group activity:
http://traveln-on.com/blog/?p=159
St. Louis’ Pin Up Bowl and Cleveland’s Corner Alley are prime examples of bowling as trendy midtown night out for twenty- and thirtysomethings.
