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Re:The Surprising Reason Why Americans Are So Lonely by dunstad on Wednesday April 28, 2010 @03:05PM (#1302383)
As an 18 year old who grew up/is growing up in the suburbs, this sounds ridiculously idealized to me. I'm not saying that it is, just that it's so far from my experience I have trouble comprehending it. Anyone with experiences similar to mine?
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Re:The Surprising Reason Why Americans Are So Lonely by PieSquared on Wednesday April 28, 2010 @11:57PM (#1303539)
Hahah, same here, same here.

There was a comment earlier on this thread a while back about seeing "more squirrels than humans" in the suburbs... it then apologized for the exaggeration. For my entire life, I've lived in a place where that isn't an exaggeration, and my nearest friends (people who I know well who are not my immediate family) live 20 miles away.

Seems like just something a large part of our generation, especially parts of it that grew up in the suburbs, takes for granted.

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