How often in the US does a "bunch of friends drive over to barbecue and watch TV on your giant screen"?

My experience is that it's rare. Even the math doesn't work out that well -- if "a bunch" is 6 friends, then are those visits rotating around to each person's house? Or are 5/6ths of those friends failing to achieve that dream?

My experience is also that barbecue events are for socializing outdoors, while watching TV is indoors, but that may be just me.

> Here’s a map of the net migration difference between some European countries and the U.S., as a percent of each country’s population, for 2024

Ohh, interesting choice of date. https://www.census.gov/newsroom/blogs/random-samplings/2026/... says there's been a big drop in Net International Migration (NIM) between 2024 ("Peaked at 2.7 million in 2024") and the expected NIM in 2026. "Currently, the estimates of NIM are trending toward negative net migration. If those trends continue, it would be the first time the United States has seen net negative migration in more than 50 years.

> There aren’t any European countries where significantly more people move from America to Europe than the reverse

Quoting from https://www.irishpost.com/news/net-migration-to-ireland-drop... (August 27, 2025) "According to the Central Statistics Office (CSO), 9,600 people relocated from the United States, up from 4,900 the previous year, a rise of more than 95%." while "More than 6000 people moved from Ireland to the US in the last year, which is a rise of 22%."

I think 9,600 is significantly more than 6,000.