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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...)
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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...)