It shouldn’t be so hard to live near your friends
And the "who else" can now be isolated. I don't need to live in a city of 8 million people in order to be close to 5,000-50,000 cool/smart/specialized people that are relevant for me and my work. It is now possible for all of us to live in a much smaller town, enjoy each other, and have access to enough big-city-caliber services to be happy and pro... See more
Dror Poleg • Dror’s Substack | Substack
We live among strangers. In part, that is because, instead of our friends and family being clustered around us in the village as they once were, they are now dispersed all over the country, sometimes a whole continent.
Robin Dunbar • Friends: Understanding the Power of our Most Important Relationships
A lot of us spend more time thinking about living somewhere else than we do figuring out how to feel more belonging in the place we already live.
Kat Vellos • We Should Get Together: The Secret to Cultivating Better Friendships
