I live across from a high school. Most kids just bus it home after school but a few can be found sitting in the lawn of the public library up the street. I’ve been in some mixed generation social situations and overheard youngsters joke that “it’s like a group chat in real life” - which saddened me but damn if I haven’t walked into a party and said the same thing. I agree that the big wheel is turning and in-person events/non-meme-able experience are coming back around. Trying to temper my impatient sourpuss-ness with my excitement to see the forms that this new era takes 😇
But to your point, I think just outside and peoples houses right now, the wealthy can afford membership clubs
True true- in person socializing in 2025+ might look much more like in person socializing in 1880 than in 1980.
I see kids hanging out all over the place tbh- I live near a fast food place that is as lively as any mall
I live across from a high school. Most kids just bus it home after school but a few can be found sitting in the lawn of the public library up the street. I’ve been in some mixed generation social situations and overheard youngsters joke that “it’s like a group chat in real life” - which saddened me but damn if I haven’t walked into a party and said the same thing. I agree that the big wheel is turning and in-person events/non-meme-able experience are coming back around. Trying to temper my impatient sourpuss-ness with my excitement to see the forms that this new era takes 😇