place to be

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Noun

the place to be

1. (idiomatic) A great, trendy, or perfectly suitable place
   • 2011, Sarah Parr, Cal Poly 2012:

     The UU is a great place to be on campus to socialize but when business needs to be taken care of the five story library is the place to be!

   • 1977, Paul Elliott Rock, Drugs and Politics:

     Indeed, one of the problems of deviant communities in San Francisco is coping with the periodic influx of a new generation of bohemians who have heard that it is the place to be: the beatnik migration of the late fifties and the hippie hordes of 1967.

See also

• where it's at