I cannot think of a purer time in 2010s history. Strangers from all age ranges, some who never got out of the house much, had a reason to go places they had never been and explore.
I remember ~50 people going to this one area in town that was the center point for 4 Pokestops. And strangers were mingling sharing the common goal of catching Pokemon.
One teenage kid yells to the entire group, "Guys! There's a Vaporeon behind the church over here!!!" The game was probably about a week old at this point.
When I tell you these grown folks ran, LOL.
In my small hometown, I would be the one to take over the gyms and then the next day, I'd ride past my gyms and see the same person was re-taking them over. This went on for days, weeks. One day, we finally caught each other in real life there at the same time and didn't speak but both laughed in our cars at each other.
So pure, man.
Do you have any memories like this?