Re:All the lonely people
by protomyth on Saturday June 11, 2016 @11:02PM
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I doubt we will since it would take a common belief that emphasizes charity and group togetherness. The most interesting secular meeting place is McDonalds for a lot of older people. Its cheap and you can often sit there a while, but McDonalds doesn't really have an equivalent of the local preacher.
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Or Taco Bell or whatever local cheap eatery is in the local neighborhood.
Re:All the lonely people
by wallflower on Sunday June 12, 2016 @01:35AM
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"When many lower-income Americans feel isolated and empty, they yearn for physical social networks. All across US, this happens organically at McDonald's"
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jun/08/mcdonalds-c...
McDonald's has something particularly attractive about it to older folks though. Might be nostalgia since it was the first big fast food thing, or maybe it's just cheap coffee. Not sure, but the one near me always has a couple of groups of old folks chatting there at 7-10am on sundays.