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>every small locally owned coffee shop has become totally overrun with folks buying one latte and proceeding to take a whole table to themselves and their lapto
by Suppafly 2y ago
>every small locally owned coffee shop has become totally overrun with folks buying one latte and proceeding to take a whole table to themselves and their laptops for the next 5 hours.
That's what a third place is and what people are lamenting the lack of now.
- explaininjs 2y agoNo, that’s what a second place is. A third place is for socialization, a second place is for work. Just because you’re relying on some independent small business owner to pay rent for your desk while you prevent other customers from patronizing the establishment and don’t talk to anyone, doesn’t make it a third place.
- Terr_ 2y agoAgreed, but with a caveat: It goes back into "third place" territory if they're engrossed in a laptop-hobby rather than laptop-employment, even though many of the external favors are identical.