A night out in Havelock North is quite an experience. They have no nightclubs, simply 5 bars/pubs/places to dance combined. So in all 5, the music is at nightclub levels, rendering a quite night drinking and chatting with pals impossible. But there's no real dancefloor either - just tables pushed aside and, if you're dead lucky, a disco light or two. The DJs in all 5 are shit, each playing different kinds of music, but none really knowing even the basics of mixing or good ordering of tunes. One of them is of the most despicable variety: the DJ who loves the sound of his own voice over a mic more than the music he's playing.
There're not actually enough people in 'the village' to fill all 5 pubs/bars/etc and provide any kind of atmosphere (except, I've been assured, when the students are home for the holidays). Those who do come out are mostly either young and green around the ears trying to look old and cool, or crumblies trying to look young and cool. All of them, without exception, are dancing only to make sure everyone is watching them. My pet hate. They're betrayed by the 'subtle' glances around the room to check their well-rehearsed Michael Jackson/Beyoncé routine didn't go unnoticed.
The result is always feeling as though you're at the party that's never quite got going because everyone's somewhere else. I tell you, these people would be in for one hell of a shock if they ever made it to a jumping nightclub in the city.
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