These are often called "third places", as in work, home and these. It is something capitalism has taken away fron us, and I firmly believe it is what weakens societies considerably. People who meet up are more inclined to stick together, but in modern days you would basically have to pay for any comfortable place to stay, especially when it's cold outside or otherwise not ideal weather to go outside. NotJustBikes talks about this from time to time, and I really think this is something humanity has fucked up all around the world. I also think Asia has an advantage here, as cooking at home isn't as common there. As a German saying goes: "Beim Essen kommen die Leute zusammen", roughly translated: "Eating [next to each other] brings people closer together."

Well, or the right-wing groups are the only ones still running (or have taken over) third places like the case in many eastern German villages and towns. Thus I think there mere absence of third places is not the full picture.

Well this doesn't really prevent a fascist rate of nearly 20%. The best weapon is a crowbar