People played cards anywhere. Families played them in their living room or the dining room table (if it was clear). Children played cards in their bedroom, the living room with their friends, and outside. A popular place for children to meet after school, according to Shields, was behind the grocery store on the North end of the community.

An artifact in the Greenbelt Museum directly associated with the deck of cards is the card table. This is another place where people played cards. The table folds up, is lightweight and portable. It could be carried to anywhere in the house by any member of the family. It could be taken outside on spring and summer days. Cards are so versatile that they truly can be played anywhere. Few "props" are needed to play cards other than the cards themselves. In some cases a pencil and piece of paper, poker chips, etc. are required, but for the most part, all one needs to play is a full deck of cards!

Many people met and played cards in a social and competetive way. Just like there have been popular weekly bowling leagues, people during the era of World War II and the Great Depression, people met in card clubs. It seemed that women had their bridge clubs on weekday afternoons (see Card Games and Income ) and men met to play poker at night. Card clubs were not as strong in Greenbelt and within areas of the same income bracket; people played for fun. (Fula) Clubs were usually reserved for the "hard core" players. (Shields) People did meet, however, and played Bridge, Rummy, Poker and especially Pinochle.