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I have noticed that if friends move even an hour outside of the city, you are lucky to see them 4x a year.
It's not much different from moving across the country (typically).
Additionally, 20% of a friend group moving away (1 in 5 people) can be enough to breakup what once was a a solid friend group.
Yes, there's other things at play.
But I definitely think this is the major driver.
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I have noticed that if friends move even an hour outside of the city, you are lucky to see them 4x a year.
It's not much different from moving across the country (typically).
Additionally, 20% of a friend group moving away (1 in 5 people) can be enough to breakup what once was a a solid friend group.
Yes, there's other things at play.
But I definitely think this is the major driver.