Re:Zoom towns and the new housing market for the two Americas
by chrisco255 on Saturday September 12, 2020 @04:51PM
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The number of friends you can count on as much as family is abysmally small. How many of your wide social net friends will be there for you in old age? Often times just a little move or a job change is enough to completely shake up your friend group, but family is a constant. That constancy is crucial for a fulfilling life.
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Re:Zoom towns and the new housing market for the two Americas
by Barrin92 on Saturday September 12, 2020 @05:28PM
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>The number of friends you can count on as much as family is abysmally small. How many of your wide social net friends will be there for you in old age?
I personally hopefully a lot because I pay a lot of attention to cultivate them. My grandparents throughout their entire life had a rich social life up until the very end with friendships lasting decades, they even lived entirely autonomously in a cooperative community for the elderly.
It's my parents, who are now 60-ish, who have no friends. Because unlike my grandparents they grew up in what was peak nuclear family era. I'm not repeating that mistake and it's pretty sad that people here don't even seem to be able to imagine authentic communal life.