"Makeout Point"

milkman21 · 07-07-2006, 11:01 PM

I'm from a suburb of Chicago, and there are NO scenic valleys or mountain ranges around... so I'm wondering if this is why I have NEVER heard of a "Makeout Point" where teenagers go park and make out all night long.

I swear it's one of the biggest cliches from movies and TV, but I've never seen/heard of any real ones--nor have any of my friends.

Do they actually exist?

Cynic · 07-07-2006, 11:19 PM

They used the airport here in Milwaukee. There's a parking place where you can watch the planes take off and land.

Jokerz · 07-08-2006, 12:24 AM

yea, its called my basement lol.

i dont think we have any makeout points here, but thats probaly because well we do it every.

Lost Dog · 07-08-2006, 08:39 AM

Turnbull Canyon Road was ours.

Had a few good and wide turnouts that overlooked the lights of the city.

Kojack · 07-08-2006, 09:10 AM

Any park or empty parking lot seems to be a makeout place around here.

EdChap · 07-08-2006, 11:12 AM

Someone once described the local graveyard as his 'makeout point', what a weirdo.

BeachHead · 07-08-2006, 11:17 AM

Pretty much everytime I have been in a car making out, a cop has showed up.

I have bad luck *sigh*

Jean-Paul · 07-08-2006, 12:54 PM

Every place I have lived has had great ones. Guess you just need to look around more. Course, it doesn't make any difference if you don't have a girlfriend. Your hand doesn't count! :p

milkman21 · 07-09-2006, 07:43 AM

Haha JP, don't worry I'm not seeking out one for personal use or anything. This question arose when we were watching a movie the other night with the classic "Makeout Point" operating at full capacity. I figured they have to be out there somewhere... just nowhere near me I suppose.

JavaJunkie · 07-09-2006, 08:53 AM

we lived on the edge of the desert in phoenix, and the roads used to drive out further than civilization. you could ride out there and listen to the coyotes and look at the stars if you wanted to. we've lived lots of places and that's really the only place.

mystery_bowler · 07-09-2006, 12:02 PM

I think it kind of depends on where you live. I was raised in a very rural area of Mississippi. Lots of places to go and not be noticed whilst you exchange bodily fluids. There really wasn't a "makeout point".

However, there was a city not too far from where I lived that had a pretty well known "makeout point". It was the city park. Many of the paths had little culverts and clearings off the winding paths. The cops would make rounds on weekend nights and rustle out the teens. I never frequented the place myself, but I had friends who had tales of being surprised by the police.

Hmm. Makes me think. Why would you go to a "makeout point" if you knew the cops would probably catch you and run you out? Darned teenaged exhibitionists.

Jokerz · 07-09-2006, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by mystery_bowler

Hmm. Makes me think. Why would you go to a "makeout point" if you knew the cops would probably catch you and run you out? Darned teenaged exhibitionists.

its part of the rush

ShannonB · 07-10-2006, 09:10 AM

We've a couple here in Calgary.

I've always wanted to walk along to all the vehicles, tap on the windows, hand out condoms, and tell the teenagers to always practice safe sex. Just cus I think it would make said "romantic moment" totally awkward. I have a twisted sense of humour.

Kaiser · 07-10-2006, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by milkman21

Do they actually exist?

All you need to do is get your head out of the library in the evening and walk on over to where the observatory was, or really anywhere on the landfill rocks around sunset time.

If they exist at NU, they exist everywhere. (you're not a Kellogg student by chance, are you?)

PS: I was told that we are not supposed to reveal these secrets to people from Palatine - 'ya know, just because you are those types of people. :p

milkman21 · 07-11-2006, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Kaiser

All you need to do is get your head out of the library in the evening and walk on over to where the observatory was, or really anywhere on the landfill rocks around sunset time.

If they exist at NU, they exist everywhere. (you're not a Kellogg student by chance, are you?)

PS: I was told that we are not supposed to reveal these secrets to people from Palatine - 'ya know, just because you are those types of people. :p

Wow I had no idea you were a Chicago-an. I'm actually starting at NU in the fall in the McCormick school of Engineering/Applied Sciences. I'll be working on a PhD in Applied Math.

Where are you from, specifically?

Kaiser · 07-11-2006, 02:40 PM

Evanston. Yeah, elementary school all the way through NU. Then I had to get away for grad school - so I went only 15 miles or so away at U of Chicago.

Live in Glenview now.

I'm WCAS '87. My wife is now getting her masters in education at NU, and my older son (8 y/o) is taking the 'gifted kids' classes they have at NU. So we have strong Purple Pride here.

Are you at that new building - Ford donated, I think?

Applied math? I'm assuming that is math beyond just theoretical musings?

I crapped out after DiffEq and Multivariate Calculus (didn't even need those for my econ major) - mathematics started getting pretty hard for me then. lol.

milkman21 · 07-11-2006, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Kaiser

Evanston. Yeah, elementary school all the way through NU. Then I had to get away for grad school - so I went only 15 miles or so away at U of Chicago.

Live in Glenview now.

I'm WCAS '87. My wife is now getting her masters in education at NU, and my older son (8 y/o) is taking the 'gifted kids' classes they have at NU. So we have strong Purple Pride here.

Are you at that new building - Ford donated, I think?

Applied math? I'm assuming that is math beyond just theoretical musings?

I crapped out after DiffEq and Multivariate Calculus (didn't even need those for my econ major) - mathematics started getting pretty hard for me then. lol.

WCAS? Pardon my ignorance...

You went very far in Math. Most people never touch anything beyond Calc 1 or 2, and even that is rare.

I won't be in the new building, but in the monster building that houses most of Engineering Sciences and Applied Math (ESAM).

chris_f · 07-11-2006, 03:16 PM

RI, being flat as hell, is more or less the same way. though people do frequent the local state-run ball court/baseball diamond, as it is unlit and pitch black at night (on the farm side of town)