Patna is a long city strung along the south bank of the Ganga, and it is dominated by two things: the river and the students. The coaching and university population is enormous and it sets the tone in whole neighbourhoods — the area around Boring Road and Rajendra Nagar in particular is full of people in their late teens and twenties who came here to study. Boring Road is the usual first-meeting answer, with the cafés and restaurants that have opened around it; Gandhi Maidan is the central landmark and the open-air alternative; and the Ganga ghats, especially around Gandhi Setu and the riverfront, are the evening walk. The city is flat, compact along its main axis and easy enough to cross. Bihar has prohibition, so evenings are built on food and coffee, and the city's café culture has grown quickly because of it.
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Where in Patna do first dates usually happen?
Around Boring Road, most often — it has the highest density of cafés and restaurants and it is central enough for both people to get to. Gandhi Maidan is the open-air alternative for an evening walk, and the riverfront along the Ganga is the plan for somebody who would rather be outside than sitting down.
Does the student population shape the scene?
Heavily. Patna draws a very large number of students and exam candidates from across Bihar, which skews the age mix young and makes whole neighbourhoods run on an academic calendar. It also means a lot of people are here temporarily, which is worth being honest about early rather than three weeks in.
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