The Bipolar Otaku

Another thing I find interesting is how some people in my position (ie. spending weeks/months out of town) decide to spend their time.  Although, like everyone else, I certainly will sit around and talk with the locals that I work with, once I leave the building, I basically turn myself into some strange combination of tourist and hermit.  I shop, I try restaurants, I see sights, I spend time in my hotel room.

Some other people, however, choose a place they want to hang out, usually because of: 1) the women, 2) the food, or 3) the women.  They find apartments with people to hang out with.  They date strippers or bartenders or whatever.  They take vacations from work, but stay in town, so they can spend time with these people. They set up these little lives for themselves that they will carry for a few months, then presumably toss such efforts out, once the project is done. 

I guess I don't get it.  Or maybe I just know that I couldn't do it, and subsequently wouldn't want to try.