Maybe you haven't gone to movies in big cities.....smaller environments are probably better!
Well my cities are not really small...Cleveland Oh, Boston, Houston..are the three big cities I lived & have done movies .
Now in Cleveland.
My years in smaller community .. Winston Salem NC...was not any different.
Maybe I have just been lucky.
I do 75 percent of my movie attendance on NOT FRi or Sat. That might make a difference.
I just dislike the crowds, waiting on Fri/Sat - but even in the crowded theaters, things are okay, just crowded!