Comment Comment by toomuchtodo legister's comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50091295 mentions it:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowling_AloneAdditional citations:https://ibs.colorado.edu/new-research-on-disappearing-third-...https://www.aei.org/domestic-policy/americas-third-places-ar...https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S13538...https://esl.uchicago.edu/2023/11/01/third-places-what-are-th...https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/business/third-place-mean...NYC is a thriving city of 8.5 million people and one of the most economically active cities in the world, so your experience may be different than say, Gary, Indiana. parent toomuchtodo 17 days ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowling_Alone
Additional citations:
https://ibs.colorado.edu/new-research-on-disappearing-third-...
https://www.aei.org/domestic-policy/americas-third-places-ar...
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S13538...
https://esl.uchicago.edu/2023/11/01/third-places-what-are-th...
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/business/third-place-mean...
NYC is a thriving city of 8.5 million people and one of the most economically active cities in the world, so your experience may be different than say, Gary, Indiana.