I studied in Vienna which was the origin of the western coffee culture after the Ottoman siege on its gates. Viennese coffee houses to this day have that "public living room" flair to them, as do the greek καφενεíο: you get one coffe and stay for hours. You read, you talk, and then after hours you get another one or leave.

Many other places will try to get you out after you finished your drink and they want you to finish the drink fast. This means instead of being social places of interaction where additionally you can get a coffee many modern cafés have become places of consumption that you should leave rather fast unless you are consuming continuously.