• azimir@lemmy.ml
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    10 months ago

    US cities are rapidly running out of 3rd places. There’s almost no neighborhood commercial centers with a cafe and a pub/bar that you can visit for extended periods of time.

    The net result is that the home and the workplace are the primary locations we can spend time in.

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      10 months ago

      Running out of 3rd spaces? LOL you only see those in museums now. See the smilodon exhibit next to the woolly mammoth exhibit and next to that is the American 3rd Space exhibit!

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      10 months ago

      That somehow sounds like the primary space people spend time in should be a bar and not their home. That’s insane. Though maybe it’s some kind of an extrovert dream.

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        10 months ago

        That’s quite the straw man of my statement. You’ve read a ton into what I wrote.

        Given that, I get to turn right around and say “okay, then we’ll have no absolutely no places outside of work and home. All supplies delivered to a drop box on your doorstep so introverts never have to talk to a human.”

        My point was that communities historically have had places where people can choose to go and spend time in the shared space. Common examples of these spaces include cafes and bars/pubs. Geez you made me have to be stupid pedantic.

        I enjoy going to shared public spaces and businesses that welcome sitting and relaxing. So sue me. I also make friends with every housecat, dog, hamster, and houseplant (if no pets are available) at parties I get roped into. I am, at best, a light duty introvert.

        I spend way too much time in my house because going out to places in the US is extra work. The accessibility of places to sit and relax around my neighbors is next to nil. This isn’t true when I get to visit international cities that aren’t capitalist car-centric hellscapes. There, I walk to nearby places to sit and enjoy my city, not just my apartment. The world should have places to be outside the home, even if hiding in your four walls is both an introverts dream and a capitalism goal.

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        10 months ago

        No, they’re just saying it would be a part of that space. Like with a veterans club. You don’t have to buy anything to be there. (Of course you do need to pay your membership, which is why we’re talking about spaces that are just funded as a government item)