Post #1962505
2025-05-25 13:58 UTC
@keirFox I was just recently thinking about the “death of local”. Main Street mostly died before I was born, but even since then we’ve seen the vast decline of third places, of local newspapers and television, of true connection. Churches have traditionally served this function for the religious, but as societies have become more secular (a good thing, mind you) there hasn’t been much to take their place. (One might argue this is intentional; churches do not want competition.)
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@keirFox@tiggi.es 2025-05-25 14:04
@gregly I have been struggling with starting up a local tinkering group to meet and share creations but one of the challenges of this is that people who have these kinds of hobbies tend to be largely online and don’t actually do the in-person thing.