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Why are the cafes in the center of Tehran "entertainment places"? The risk of a "dead night" returning to the administrative area of ​​the capital Mitzpe the housing market: 1 Until about three years ago, Sanai Street was so empty of people and pedestrian traffic in the early hours of the night that if the office workers or companies of this "administrative area" of the city left the office late, they would "feel insecure". 2 In the late 1990s, the "dead night" of Zone 6 and other central zones was a problem for urban management; The high density of office buildings without the least urban attraction and leisure facilities in these areas did not leave anything called "floating population at night" on the streets of this area. 3 However, since the beginning of the 14th century and especially after the "end of the corona", some of the central streets have witnessed a "considerable change" in response to the "new style" of urban recreation and leisure. Today's 4 cafes on Sanai Street have turned the center's "night life" into "night life". 5 cafes have become the "new entertainment place" of the city; Not only generation Z, middle-aged people and even the elderly hang out and live in the coffee shops of Tehran's central neighborhoods from the evening until late at night. 6 This community, they don't come to frugal cafes "just to drink coffee".

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Why are the cafes in the center of Tehran "entertainment places"? The risk of a "dead night" returning to the administrative area of ​​the capital Mitzpe the housing market: 1 Until about three years ago, Sanai Street was so empty of people and pedestrian traffic in the early hours of the night that if the office workers or companies of this "administrative area" of the city left the office late, they would "feel insecure". 2 In the late 1990s, the "dead night" of Zone 6 and other central zones was a problem for urban management; The high density of office buildings without the least urban attraction and leisure facilities in these areas did not leave anything called "floating population at night" on the streets of this area. 3 However, since the beginning of the 14th century and especially after the "end of the corona", some of the central streets have witnessed a "considerable change" in response to the "new style" of urban recreation and leisure. Today's 4 cafes on Sanai Street have turned the center's "night life" into "night life". 5 cafes have become the "new entertainment place" of the city; Not only generation Z, middle-aged people and even the elderly hang out and live in the coffee shops of Tehran's central neighborhoods from the evening until late at night. 6 This community, they don't come to frugal cafes "just to drink coffee".

Why are the cafes in the center of Tehran "entertainment places"? The risk of a "dead night" returning to the administrative area of ​​the capital Mitzpe the housing market: 1 Until about three years ago, Sanai Street was so empty of people and pedestrian traffic in the early hours of the night that if the office workers or companies of this "administrative area" of the city left the office late, they would "feel insecure". 2 In the late 1990s, the "dead night" of Zone 6 and other central zones was a problem for urban management; The high density of office buildings without the least urban attraction and leisure facilities in these areas did not leave anything called "floating population at night" on the streets of this area. 3 However, since the beginning of the 14th century and especially after the "end of the corona", some of the central streets have witnessed a "considerable change" in response to the "new style" of urban recreation and leisure. Today's 4 cafes on Sanai Street have turned the center's "night life" into "night life". 5 cafes have become the "new entertainment place" of the city; Not only generation Z, middle-aged people and even the elderly hang out and live in the coffee shops of Tehran's central neighborhoods from the evening until late at night. 6 This community, they don't come to frugal cafes "just to drink coffee".

They see "sitting in a cafe" as an opportunity for "friendship, chatting, reducing the daily stress at work, being seen and having fun". 7 The urban entertainment places of the 1980s and 1990s in Tehran were mainly commercial centers and malls, to a certain extent "far" in some streets like Jordan. 8 Now, from the point of view of urban sociologists, the coffee shops in the city center.

They found the "Third Space" rule. 9 After "home" and "workplace", spaces of this type become permanent destinations of citizens for social interaction. The basic reason for Tehranis "cafe" this lifestyle is a significant population of Tehranians of different ages There are 3 specific reasons.

But the most basic reason is "the paucity of recreational facilities and quality social infrastructure" in the capital. Cafes bear the burden of a "bad city in terms of leisure services". The difficult economic conditions and the removal of several entertainment expenses are another reason for "young people turning to cafes".

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