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Seems to me everyone is craving human interaction, but they have gotten so comfortable being at home all the time, they forgot how to muster the energy to get o

• bilbo0s 4y ago
  Might be more the case that they have no one to get out of the home with? I think what this data actually shows is that there are many people out there who strongly desire to know and hang out with people who are neither family nor co-workers. It's hard to get the opportunities to do that if you aren't in a city. If they could do that in the rural areas or the butbs, they probably would. But rural areas have far fewer people. And the burbs are not set up for chance encounters. The burbs are more setup for planned encounters. Which brings you back to the original problem of finding someone to plan an encounter with. :(
  • re-thc 4y ago
    This might be a problem with the US? In lots of other places e.g. in Asian cities you don't need anyone. There are so many events, attractions, opportunities etc happening just by strolling the streets. It's lively. Everything is walkable and accessible. Public transport is easy.
• DangitBobby 4y ago
  I agree, but I don't think my friends would be any more likely to have enough energy to hang out if they were forced to return to the office.