Third Place, A Place for Leisure Time and its Relationship with Different Social Setting in Tabriz, Iran

To date, researchers from various disciplines have studies leisure time; most have focused on quality of leisure activity, psychological benefits of leisure, spiritual effect, thereby neglecting the effect of social classes on features and quality of the selected place. third place is defined as a location outside of home or work that allows for social interaction and emotional support, regardless of levels and social classes, ethnic and racial differences. while it seems that the presence of such places in our society has a significant relationship with social classes; in the sense that different levels of social classes are more apt to form distinct number and types of third places. the current research tries to investigate the relationship between different social setting and people identification of third place, for spending leisure time. people attach identifications or meanings to these third places based on the type of needs met for the individual by these places.