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not a binary issue along party lines. we’ve increasingly seen the horseshoe theory materialize. many find themselves suddenly w/o a party. it’s really where one will accept the inevitable overreach. the system produces trash options. we fight among ourselves but few of us meaningfully “win” after elections.

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What do we do? What will you do?

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i don’t know how we’re going to dig ourselves out of here w/o collaboration. it frightens me how difficult it is for people to talk and listen to people with whom they don’t agree. we’re not immune to how information is weaponized against us regardless of whether we’re aware or not.

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We’ve all grown farther apart, physically and mentally. My favorite boogeyman is the destruction of cities and towns in favor of car-centric sprawl. We need diverse neighborhoods, ppl need to walk down the street and smile at their neighbors and realize they’re good ppl. Kids need to roam free in the streets.

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there was an image @mcbain posted a while back of suburban houses being organized so nobody looks at anyone, when the houses could point at a common space for more community. it made a lasting impression (but i can’t find it!)

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Yeah, obviously there are many issues at play in our country, but I think the effect our physical space has on our mental is underrated. Suburbia feeds the doom loop of social isolation and phone addiction that has wrecked our political discourse.

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This isn’t the houses fault I live in the burbs and have a rich social life But this is because we put a lot of intention into building it Now we have regular front yard happy hours, book clubs, kids play dates, parent only nights etc…. Being not lonely isn’t the city planners job

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naturally, if there’s a will there’s always a way. but there’s something to be said about facilitating behaviors if we think they’re important enough. neighbors technically could make plans to walk all their dogs together, for example, but dog parks remove friction in facilitating human and canine friendships

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Yeah not saying that better design isn’t good Mostly just that we often look for system wide solutions when the real answer is “Be brave and go say hi to your neighbor” Which requires being brave

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People are cowards though, we need to incentivize social contact by making it easy to walk places and bump into people. Also, front yard happy hours are probably illegal in most suburbs.

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Take these beers from my cold dead hands

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