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That article talks about midlife, but loneliness starts well before people reach their 40s and 50s and is only getting worse. Per this HN post from last month,
by mhsu 3y ago
That article talks about midlife, but loneliness starts well before people reach their 40s and 50s and is only getting worse. Per this HN post from last month, teenagers today hang out in person 50% less than teenagers from 20 years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39378259 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39378259
I live and work in the Bay Area and have experienced this myself despite having worked at large tech companies, where in theory it should be easy to meet folks. Recently, instead of just reflecting on my situation, have started validating some potential ideas that could help tackle loneliness. If anyone is open to sharing how you've either overcome loneliness, or struggled to (like me), please hit me up. Email in profile.
- nerdface 3y agoI live in the Bay Area. The problem here is the temporary nature of those residing here. They tend to plan to leave after a few years when enough of their RSUs have vested to afford a nice home elsewhere. One thing that helped me enormously was… getting a dog. I’ll take multiple walks in the neighborhood each day and eventually got to know a whole bunch of neighbors. Even now I’ll go out for a brisk thirty minute walk only to end up spending multiple hours chatting with neighbors.