this is a shitpost1 but i started thinking about it and how like, one of the things that has destroyed community and third places is just like, straight up high rents and flat wage growth. like, at different periods of my life i've lived near friends, moved to places to be closer to friends, made friends in my neighborhood-- but all of that is destroyed when i have to move bc the rent went up too high for me to afford.
sure, if i live in the same city as someone we can still plan meetups, but that's a wholly different thing than a place where i can go and have a reasonable expectation of running into or seeing someone i know. and its even worse when the demographics of the neighborhood don't match up with my interests or needs-- all of my neighbors that i've met where i currently live are very nice, but there's a huge gap either generationally or within income level2, which makes it hard to foster organic relationships.
anyway just thinking about fucked up shit! wish i could just move somewhere and start the community i want to live in and have it grow around me!!! idk how to exist in society currently!! ha ha ha !! !
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kinda 3
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bc most of the ppl around here own their houses, and those are the two ways you can afford to own a house in Seattle
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most of my shitposts are kinda shitposts 4
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except the ones that aren't and i make no distinction between them bc i refuse to be Known 5
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i can't tell if i did these nested footnotes wrong or if its the way footnotes work anyway this is the best i could figure out deal with it
