My son has been trying to meet people his own age around Ithaca and struggling but has been overcoming from his own effort with some help from his friends like me and my fox [1]

Of course the early 20s demo is dominated by college students which has some positive but also negative effects. He found it was easy to meet boomers at rock concerts and poker tournaments but once he cracked the code of meeting people his own age he was told by townies that townies leave because they can’t afford the rent. It is one thing to move on to seek fame and fortune but if you’re going to be one of the people who construct and maintain housing (can’t outsource that work to India, won’t be replaced by LLMs) it is a step down to move to a blighted area where you can afford to live.

[1] shapeshifting lessons taught him how to be an ambivert like myself