> People with that sentiment ask about what alternative places exist, some of them make their own places

I don't think that's overall very true

Most of those people are just lonely and isolated, and that's a big part of why we are living in what people are calling a "loneliness epidemic"

It's easier than ever to make a new niche area. It's more difficult than ever to get your niche area discovered by others, because you are drowned out by the noise

It feels quite hopeless for many people in my experience