Re:Alienated, Alone and Angry: What the Digital Revolution Did?
by groby_b on Friday December 20, 2019 @12:23PM
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Please note that I added data as well. It isn't just based on personal experiences.
There may be regional differences, there may be urban/rural differences, but overall, the US socializes significantly less.
Same goes for leisure time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_time_devo...
Dropping amount of social time in the US: https://qz.com/1320344/americans-are-socializing-less-and-pl...
Also, it's likely income/wealth dependent: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/194855061664147... (Given that the US is what, #3 in terms of median wealth, I'd consider this mild corroboration)
(Edit: Formatting. I swear, the lack of lists in HN...)
Re:Alienated, Alone and Angry: What the Digital Revolution Did?
by ryanwaggoner on Friday December 20, 2019 @12:32PM
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They specifically said “most families”, not “your family”
Very very often. Maybe every month? And large neighborhood get togethers at least every week. Perhaps you are overly generalizing from your experiences. Large families/neighborhoods that meet regularly are not a foreign concept in the US. Although HN probably caters to the sort of people who do not go to these things.