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Re:Can turning office towers into apartments save downtowns? by jagger27 on Wednesday May 08, 2024 @08:23AM (#40297217)
The death of the third place is far more important than any impact remote work has had.
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Re:Can turning office towers into apartments save downtowns? by glompers on Wednesday May 08, 2024 @01:34PM (#40300803)
Third place is a specific term for those who have not been familiarized:

"In sociology, the third place refers to the social surroundings that are separate from the two usual social environments of home ("first place") and the workplace ("second place")."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_place

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Re:Can turning office towers into apartments save downtowns? by baby on Thursday May 09, 2024 @05:19AM (#40306503)
Not sure i get your point
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Re:Can turning office towers into apartments save downtowns? by jagger27 on Thursday May 09, 2024 @01:06PM (#40310327)
If all that existed in those now dead downtown neighbourhoods were offices then of course they’d be dead with a significant disruption to work. What’s missing are still third places, and probably first places too.
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