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Towards the end of my time as a student at the University of Michigan I stopped buying tickets to the games. Between the crowds, security, drunk strangers, the sun in September or the cold rain in November - it's just more fun and more comfortable to watch at home with friends.

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The crowds and drunk strangers are the major reason why people go to games. And tailgating for most sports fans is fun. Of course you get a better view of the game at home, but the live atmosphere can't be replicated by any TV.

Exactly. Hanging around and drinking a lot, and being around a bunch of noisy, drunk people, is something that most Americans greatly enjoy.

Well, most of us are Irish and German, so it does stand to reason that we would enjoy those things.

My genetic background is mostly from those places too, yet I'm not like that. Those things are cultural, not genetic. Americans are loud and boorish because they choose to be.

America draws a lot of its culture from those two countries, but my point was more facetious than literal.

I'd enjoy the tailgate/house party before the game but I'd just stay home at kickoff. We were close enough that we had to make sure the windows were closed otherwise the cheers of the crowd would tip off the next play due to the broadcast delay.

>it's just more fun and more comfortable to watch at home with friends.

For you, but obviously many people disagree.

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