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Re:More Students Are Turning Away from College and Toward Ap... by diceduckmonk on Saturday March 18, 2023 @11:58PM (#35215896)
That was kind of the vision of WeWork, for better or worst. An extended college dorm for white collar workers
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Re:More Students Are Turning Away from College and Toward Ap... by thomastjeffery on Sunday March 19, 2023 @02:21PM (#35221915)
That's even worse than a bar: you basically have to pay rent, and most of the people around you are intently focused on something.

The point of a third place, at least as I see it, is to have no purpose at all. Just be around other people and talk about whatever.

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