Live small, be happy? The next new big thing

Re:Live small, be happy? The next new big thing by davidw on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @08:24AM (#9413522)

> modern obsession with cafes, restaurants, bars

Modern? "3rd places" have been with us... for a long time: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_place

Granted, you don't want to eat out every evening, but one of the things I love about life in Italy is going out to have a few drinks with my friends and or family.

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Re:Live small, be happy? The next new big thing by angusangus on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @09:31AM (#9413849)

Thank you for providing the name for that concept ('Third Place'). It's been on my mind that these are becoming particularly important for people who work remotely and therefore don't even have a 'Second Place'.

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Re:Live small, be happy? The next new big thing by fulafel on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @09:30AM (#9413841)

Older public spaces and other third places were less consumerist though. Churches, clubs, parks, beaches, hunting/fishing cabins, etc. Not so aligned with urbanization.

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Re:Live small, be happy? The next new big thing by davidw on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @09:37AM (#9413879)

Older? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taberna

No one says you have to go to bars if you prefer church socials or baseball games or whatever. But it's hardly a fad!

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Re:Live small, be happy? The next new big thing by fulafel on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @09:47AM (#9413949)

But there's a distinction between date of invention and impact in everyday life. City populations used to be a very small minority of people, until recently.

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Re:Live small, be happy? The next new big thing by pjc50 on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @10:29AM (#9414244)

Yes, mass urbanisation is a modern phenomenon. But in the ultra-traditional English village of the past, the third place would be a pub.

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