In the 90's and early 00's, my hometown had a great coffeehouse community. I joined various computer clubs that met at them, a 2600 club, and learned a lot abou

In the 90's and early 00's, my hometown had a great coffeehouse community. I joined various computer clubs that met at them, a 2600 club, and learned a lot about software development and computers in general from some old school grognards. Those are some of the best memories I have in life. I go to coffeehouses now and everyone sits by themselves. Nobody seems to talk outside the small group they arrive with. I'm probably getting to the age where this kind of nostalgia starts, but I definitely miss the atmosphere and idea exchanges that went on in those places. I never would have guessed that those interactions would jump start my whole career and passion. To see them rise again as a community forum would be incredible if they could even only catch 20% of the energy they had even back then.