REPOST: Mods tryna clock me for saying these are not black people on twitter. Call me blind, but BOTH pages are from black people. 🤨
I just want to preface this by saying I’m from the south and have been to pretty much all the major black southern states and experience nothing but section culture ALL THE TIME: Houston, Dallas, Austin, Atlanta, Nola, Memphis, Nashville, Miami.
I also want to preface I’ve been to L.A. and just like in the tweet I quite literally experienced nothing but dancing all night i.e. no section culture. Literally, every club/party I went to while I was there, everyone was dancing and nothing was sectioned off. loved it!
It had me thinking, is the section culture more of a southern thing? And if so, why is like that? What are your thoughts? Do you experience section culture more in the south? Or is it everywhere?
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I’ve never experience section culture, but from an outsiders perspective it sounds a lot like segregation to me.
I have had black friends in the South state they do not like clubs for this reason. I do not remember ever seeing a club frequented mostly by white people having sections.
Never heard of section culture. That sounds lame as fuck
I’m over here googling new things
Haven’t been out to the clubs in Houston. Last time I checked a section was around 500+. Everyone was on their phones and just hanging out.
I will say haven’t been to all the clubs in Houston. But I have noticed that people still dance at the Latin clubs.
Someone posted a picture of a club that was pretty much all sections and shit looked wack but who am I to tell someone how to spend their money when I spent almost half a band on a Lego set recently. I’m in the glassest of houses.
If you’re in Houston avoid Space the entire club is a section, random dress code “violations” that are $20 a piece can’t bring a camera and our section couldn’t even fit 5 people comfortably.
Latin Clubs are where it’s at in Houston
Born in Dallas, went to university in Houston. Personally, I’m more into kickbacks/ house parties over the club. DJs can be trash, drinks be overpriced, dress codes can be racist, and parking is always a pain. My frat brother was a club promoter so we always had sections. That being said, sections are overrated. The party is only lit while there’s something in the bottle. Once that’s gone, it’s over
Mannn as I get older I want the section so I’ve got somewhere to sit. Not to be separate from the actual party
I shoot for a lot of edm DJ’s and producers. I promise y’all the clubs they play in are way more fun, the clubs they play in are always lit with people dancing. Sure some of them have sections with stupid bottle prices. But it’s no where near as bad as clubs with predominantly hip hop playing. Get out and try something new.
It has spread to NYC and it mostly because of the promoters and the venue, they want to sell bottles and tables as thier main means of income, so they literally have the DJs shame people for not having sections and buying bottles, they could care less if you actually want to dance. The way the clubs are designed now, there’s barely even dancing room, a ton of sections and everybody trying to look cool so that means they don’t dance.
I’m from the south, JBP and NRnM always talk about section culture in new York. I thought this was everywhere.
Also, LA has a lot of section culture.
As someone in the south: yes very much so. The entire club is divided up into VIP sections (usually just busted couches lol) and they take turns forcing bored bottle girls to bring out overpriced liquor and sparklers. I absolutely hate it, but didn’t realize it was a Southern thing. Just thought that’s how hip hop clubs were now? FWIW hating “section culture” is becoming a thing now so hopefully it dies out soon.
I moved to LA after living in Houston and the party scenes are night and day. Houston has section culture in both day and night parties but the after parties were lit if you don’t mind a little ratchet
From LA but been all over:
You can ofc buy bottles/tables at LA clubs, but you’re spending a few thousand to start, it’s not necessary, and nobody is going to think you’re that cool if you do. It just means you have money and no matter how much money you have (as a normal person), there’s a kid that just pulled up in a tshirt and sweatpants whose dad owns the biggest grain producer in Egypt and doesn’t give a fuck if their kid spends 20k in two hours on a normal Friday.
So yeah, normal people are out at the club to dance and have fun, not sit at a table somewhere in Dekalb County because otherwise they wouldn’t meet someone else’s expectation they think they have to meet (sorry Atlanta)
That’s a soulection dj with a soulection crowd though. They just move and vibe different in general. IYKYK
Section culture from my experience is a NY and Miami thing. Clubs learned they could sell “tables” and “bottles” for crazy mark ups, so they eliminated the dance floor. Then djs stopped playing dance music because it didn’t matter.
I’d love it for the youngins to experience the sweaty dance mass that was club culture in the 90s 2000s. It was a lot of fun.
Naw I seen that shit in NY also, muthafuckers be lounging in a section and the floor be empty. Maybe I’m bias since Im from LA but I’ve never been to a club where people weren’t dancing. Jersey get down tho, everytime I went out in Jersey people were actually up moving.