Re:Burying the Evidence: nine out of every 10 time capsules ...
by Aurornis on Monday November 09, 2026 @11:59AM
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> The world before 2000 was quaint. Everyone thought youd stay pretty local and community would persist.
As someone whose childhood extended into the pre-2000 era, this statement feels confusing. My childhood involved a lot of friends moving away, and a steady number of new students moving in.
The number doesn’t feel that much different than what I see in my own kids’ classes now.
I will have to look for some statistics, but I don’t think 2000 was an inflection point in people moving around. If anything, I feel like I know fewer adults moving now because people have more opportunity to work remote than we did in pre-2000 times.
As someone whose childhood extended into the pre-2000 era, this statement feels confusing. My childhood involved a lot of friends moving away, and a steady number of new students moving in.
The number doesn’t feel that much different than what I see in my own kids’ classes now.
I will have to look for some statistics, but I don’t think 2000 was an inflection point in people moving around. If anything, I feel like I know fewer adults moving now because people have more opportunity to work remote than we did in pre-2000 times.