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Re:Americans Are a Lonely Lot, and Young People Bear the Hea... by stillsut on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @02:31AM (#16974605)
Reminds me of the parable of the two shoe salesmen in Africa [0]. The point being, if there's all these isolated, lonely cliques, there's actually a huge opportunity for someone who can consistently connect with others starting out as a stranger.

[0]:http://johnassaraf.com/goal-achieving-2/a-tale-of-two-shoe-s...

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Re:Americans Are a Lonely Lot, and Young People Bear the Hea... by taurath on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @01:14PM (#16979058)
The opportunity is there but in seattle you definitely have a huge barrier - people will instantly mistrust you if you do anything other than the slow and steady route.
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