Poll: readers planned to stay home for New Year’s Eve
Author:Steve Patterson January 6th, 2010
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Despite the annual First Night event in Grand Center, I stayed at home New Years Eve. If I were more mobile and it wasn’t so cold out I might have joined the party. The question about people’s plans for New Years Eve was the poll question last week:
Q: New Year’s Eve I will celebrate:
- at my home: 28 (33%)
- at the home of family/friends: 28 (33%)
- at a local business in my region: 9 (11%)
- at a local event in my region: 9 (11%)
- unsure/still deciding/not celebrating: 6 (7%)
- in a region other than my own: 5 (6%)
It was a soft question to end out 2009 and the response was lower than normal. Two-thirds were going to be at home - theirs or that of others. I imagine most of us at home watched the ball drop in Times Square. Such events are held in urban spaces. You’d never see a New Years Eve celebration in a Home Depot parking lot. People just expect celebrations (parades, festivals, etc) to take place in urban settings.
As Grand Center gets more restaurant venues, hotels and residential housing this area and the First Night event should become more and more important. Maybe this coming NYE won’t be as cold?
- Steve Patterson
