I have many long distance friends that I keep in touch with and have for years. Some I haven't seen IRL in nearly a decade. Looking now, almost none of our text

I have many long distance friends that I keep in touch with and have for years. Some I haven't seen IRL in nearly a decade. Looking now, almost none of our text conversations have any sign of "goodbye," sometimes picking up even months later on the same topic as the last thing we were discussing. Very interesting. Side note though, my favorite part of this article, ironically, is the part in the first paragraph which she illustrates as something young people will dismiss: That Salt Lake City has the longest city blocks in the nation. I have lived here my whole life and have always known we have mega huge blocks, but wasn't aware they were the biggest in the nation, and it appears they could be the biggest in the world. This has interesting implications[0] and as someone very interested in urban planning I was taken aback by this and thought it funny that she used it as an example of something people find dismissable. [0] https://www.governing.com/columns/urban-notebook/gov-salt-lake-city-extra-wide-streets.html https://www.governing.com/columns/urban-notebook/gov-salt-la...