> My town was the poorest in my state, so I went to the best possible college elsewhere, and have since lived in other places for work. Same for me, i grew up

> My town was the poorest in my state, so I went to the best possible college elsewhere, and have since lived in other places for work. Same for me, i grew up in rural south Italy. > At least I still have group chats with the real friends I made from going to new places and doing new things. That’s a nice thing you got there, I’m glad for you. But we’re talking town level community here and not, again, internet forums and online chat rooms (slack/discord/whatever). At a town level, communities form over decades and over shared struggles (mostly).