• Ibaudia@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      All my friends are people I have known for 10+ years and mostly met through school.

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      3 months ago

      And due to urban sprawl, everyone gets into their car in their garage, drives to work, then drives back to their garage. There’s no room for walking to the neighborhood pub, convenience store, pharmacy, etc and bumping into neighbors on the way.

      • moistclump@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        I used to live downtown in a small town and it was like that. I had other terrible issues there but man did I miss the sense of community.

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      3 months ago

      Damn, who are all these strangers I keep hanging out with!