What or where is your favorite party strip or street?

The Gaslamp District, San Diego CA

@YARNLADY hmmmm, what happens at gaslamp that we don’t already know about… please do share…

The Tempe Block Party (right next to Arizona State University) in Tempe, Arizona on December 31st of each year. Attendance is usually over 100,000 people with live bands, dancing, fireworks and dozens of other things to do and see. It’s also in the vicinity of Tempe Town Lake which is another area where they have year around celebrations and activities.

@charliecompany34. ASU has a reputation for being a party school so things get pretty crazy but the draw mostly comes from the fact that they put on such an excellent show year after year with high quality entertainment in a safe and enjoyable environment.

@Bluefreedom details. why? what’s the draw?

I live in Rochester NY, and I guess it would be the East End District. There is a large number of bars, pubs and danceclubs. There are two huge block parties with music in the summer. If you are there on the weekend, you are guaranteed to be entertained by the people.

We also have free concerts on Thursday on the other side of the city in a huge parking lot under our new bridge. I went last week, and it brought out all the familiar crazy dancing festival people. Great times.

@charliecompany34 The public part, otherwise, use your imagination, there are many hotels in the area.

State Street – Santa Barbara, California. Funky shops, great food, great atmosphere. Work your way down the street on Sunday all the way to the Art Walk on the beach.

Buffalo, NY – two main strips, Chippewa st – which is where all the d-bags go, and of course where the slutty chicks go to hang out with said d-bags…and Allen st – which is known for a laid back atmosphere and good music. Seeing as it’s Buffalo both places have good food.

@SuperMouse any time you have to “work” yourself down a street or strip, it is a happening place.

@SuperMouse State Street, Santa Barbara is a great place to spend an enjoyable day, but not exactly what I would call a party street, except during Fiesta.

just for the record, i was on beale street this weekend and was amazed at all the “voluntary” legs, thighs and cleavage. beer and liquor flowed like tap water and i could not get the smell of hickory off my fingertips.

“what is this place?”, i asked.

@YARNLADY oh yeah. i am definitely feeling that street vibe. i saw the link and it is exactly what i look for when i travel. thanks…

South Street in Philly! Or 2nd on First Fridays.

Thayer Street in Providence, RI

When I lived in Vegas it was The Strip. easy answer

I live outside of Peoria, IL now and don’t really follow the crowd anymore. I guess it would be Main St. and Water Street next to the Illinois River. This is where all the clubs and restaurants are. The riverfront also has concerts and many other events. The Wailers are performing there this weekend.

Clearly Las Vegas Blvd is unlike anywhere else in this country. And there’s this area in Cleveland (or at least there was last time I was there), where there are tons of little clubs and restaurants and bars with docks that you can dine on that sit right over Lake Erie. Now where I live, Minneapolis/St. Paul, we’ve had a few different party strips but for one reason or another they usually end up closing down. We used to have the Mississippi Mile which was bars and clubs all along the Mississippi River on the Minneapolis side of the river, but that closed down in the early 90s. Then for a few years in the mid 90s, the fourth floor of the Mall of America was just night clubs…we had a comedy club, a daiquiri bar, a sports bar, a piano bar, a country bar, you name it, it was up there, and then one by one all those closed down. Now, generally the best place to go is what’s called the Warehouse District in Minneapolis, that sits right on one edge of downtown…there are a number of “happening” clubs in and around downtown, and it’s where the wilder side (aka the strip joints, gay bars, etc.) is situated. It’s also home to the Block E entertainment complex where we have a Gameworks, a Hard Rock, a piano bar, an urban bar, etc., which is across from the Target Center (where you can see concerts and Basketball games), and First Avenue (the legendary club where a lot of Purple Rain was filmed). Across the river in St. Paul, we have less nightlife, and things are by and large more spread out. In fact, the whole of the Twin Cities metro area is huge and spread out, and there are a lot of cool places here and there, but if you want one area where they’re all together, you have to go to downtown Minneapolis.

I spent last summer in La Crosse, WI, and the place to be was 3rd street. Many good bars and restaurants. The best of which was the Helm, $7 premium pitchers, good music and cheap pool and darts

@Capt_Bloth $7 pitchers sounds really good!

@mcbealer oh please do share. because rhode island always gets a bad rap. give me a reason to be there. what is it about thayer?

@charliecompany34 sounds good to me too. I pay $4–10 for 1 beer where I live now

@Capt_Bloth on beale street you can get a “big ass beer” for about $5 to $7.

@Capt_Bloth i had several

@charliecompany34 ~ I think as both Ben and Andrew can vouch, ya just have to experience Thayer.

Like most places, what makes it great are the people there. The people who work there everyday, whether it be the local artisans or dedicated employees to about 100 storefronts (many privately owned), the locals, the street musicians, the tourists, the students, the professors, the teenagers, the families, the dogs, etc. It’s the vibe there… from early morning to late night… the music… the wafting food smells… the artwork… and yes the eye candy, ha ha.

I could go on and on… but really I would just like to say that if you ever get a chance to visit, plan on spending an entire day on Thayer, and enjoy all the wonderful eats!

State street in Madison, WI

The Strip. Las Vegas.

When I was a college student in DC, it was Georgetown, primarily M Street and Wisconsin Avenue. Lots of colleges and universities near by so plenty of people flocking to the bars. Any kind of music you wanted. Halloweens were absolutely amazing! The 60’s were a pretty interesting time. I wonder how much it has changed in the last 40 couple years.

Santa Barbara’s State Street on Halloween.
Davis’ Frat Row on Picnic Day.

Pride and Halloween on Santa Monica in WeHo.
Sunset Strip in Hollywood

Crescent Street in Montreal. European in flavor, party all night, party all day, and leave your problems at home.

Any skinney dippin’ hole in southern Oregon, Maybe a hot spring or 2.

Back in the 70’s, the local “cruising” street in the San Fernando Valley was Van Nuys Blvd with Mike’s Pizza at the end of the line (great minestrone and garlic cheese bread). Hollywood Blvd. was always crazy as were parts of the Sunset Strip. Since I attended UCLA, I spent much of my free time in adjacent Westwood Village and most of that at a sidewalk table at Lum’s Bar enjoying an ice cold on-tap Bud in a frozen Lum’s glass mug. Our hang-out beach was in front of Sorrento’s Grill just north of Santa Monica with lots of activity and fun times from the Santa Monica pier on down to Venice Beach. All had an open, friendly party atmosphere, because…....well, most people, it seemed, were stoned or tripping or drinking or popping or snorting something and more than likely, doing some combination of the lot. Those were wild times. See ya…........wtf

4th Street in San Rafael, CA. It’s where they filmed American Grafitti. They don’t allow cruising anymore but it’s still fun to hang out at a sidewalk B&G and have a cold one while the world drives by!

I live in Kansas City, MO and best places to hang out are Westport and the Power and Light District which is right across the street from the new Sprint Center they finished last year.

Sixth Street. Austin, Texas.

Key West, Florida. Just keep the kids home.

I find the Gaslamp District in San Diego CA. Very cool. But low on my list.
I say this with all due respect. I find San Diego not the San Diego of 25 years ago.
It is sad.
Lots of crime, over crowded. And is nothing more then an Americanized Mexico.
Not even on my list of Vacation destinations or a place I would like to live.
Don’t get me wrong. There are pockets of “beauty”. But those pockets are shallow and unappealing.

Wow, did you get the impression that I do not like San Diego? :-)

@ChazMaz Yeah. And that you are a bit prejudiced and bigoted toward Mexicans/Mexico.

That was not bigoted. I was stating a fact. You read into it.
I do love Mexico, the culture and the people. But I would not want to live there.

Crime and overcrowded, like Mexico? U said it. Sounds like love to me.~

I typed, “Lots of crime, over crowded.” Then a period, then I added “And,”

Don’t take my words out of context. :-)

@ChazMaz & @tinyfaery – I can kind of see both sides here. Using a phrase like, “nothing more then an Americanized Mexico” does seem kind of derisive and anti-Mexico. However on the other hand, in context of being over crowded with lots of crime, I have friends from Mexico who came to the US because their homeland has become an almost lawless state. I know one guy who was trying to get into the US legally, and when he was back in Mexico, the police knew he wanted to get legal US status, so they would come up to him on the street on occasion and make him give them all his money because if he didn’t, they would arrest him for being drunk (even though he wasn’t drinking), because they knew an arrest on his record would ruin his chances of legal immigration, so it was a lot cheaper for him to just pay them. He also refused to bring his family (his wife is an American and his daughters are half Caucasian/half Mexican) to Mexico with him when he went, because it was not an unrealistic fear that light skinned children such as his daughters would be kidnapped. So I’d suggest that I would not completely just jump to a conclusion of bigotry based on what @ChazMaz typed, but then again, I wouldn’t use a derisive term like “nothing more than”....it implies you look down upon the subject of the sentence.

for what it’s worth

Duly noted. I have to admit saying “nothing more then” was a statement of looking down upon. But not as a racist point of view but that the massive population of Mexicans in San Diego is bringing the problems of Mexico into the states.
It is not unusual in San Diego to go into a store where they do not speak english or choose not to. Every time I go there I am so amazed as to how large a Mexican population does exist. I am the minority. Hence the statement “Americanized Mexico.”

California has more Latinos than whites. We are not Americanized Mexico. We are a state that knows where we come from and who we are, and we don’t try to forget our heritage.

California certainly as a whole is not but San Diego is.

San Diego is in CA. There are places all over this state that to you would be Americanized Mexico. Do you live in CA? Have you been here?

I lived there and go there often.
Are you even reading what I write? Or are you just looking for something to protest?

I said….. Oh forget it…. ;-)

I will forget it because now I’m confused. Result: San Diego is not Americanized Mexico, and neither is any other part of CA. We’re just CA.

I believe we left the topic behind a while back…

I’ve been around the world twice, been in 40 states, lived in seven, difficult to pick just one place; but it’s pretty hard to beat SoBe, Miami Beach; an “L” shaped strip, actually, Lincoln Road, Ocean Drive 15th to 5th street. (Native Miamian)
The French Quarter New Orleans, Carnival in Rio, Trinidad, The islands of Ibiza, Key West, all nice, but usually specific times of year, events, whereas SoBe is non-stop, year-round. Watch out for the bikini’d roller-skaters, you could get your eye poked out.