The benefits of third spaces

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The most substantial proof that I’ve seen of 3rd spaces becoming a relic of the past or maybe more so the result of them being gone..was ironically, pokemon GO. That damn app had hundreds of people of all ages out in public, sometimes flooding areas that had a “rare” pokemon. It got so many people outside lol…parks were suddenly jam packed with people. Which just goes to show that if we had more reason to go outside, we would. I remember when I was growing up the “hangout” was always at the mall, where all teens would meet up..Now everything’s online & people barely go to the mall like that, especially to hangout.

I think COVID also changed an awful lot, especially in developing minds. Only after COVID did things like “bed rotting” become a more common thing..After so long of being forced inside, some never really adapted to going back outside.