Not Just Bikes made a video claiming that suburbs have no "Third Places" (this is typically defined as a place to hang out without paying, but NJB drops the "without paying" part) and that things like neighborhood barbeques are cope for not having said places.
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Definition of THIRD PLACE:
A place nearby that isn't the place you live or isn't the place you work. It's a free or relatively low cost spot to hang out and talk.
So I suppose this faggot does know that old people hang out at McDonald's in the morning all the fucking time?
Here is a fucking Reddit
thread about it. Furthermore, what's the difference between a pub and an Applebee's?
It's basically them same thing except that the Applebee's is corporate as well as the McDonald's so it's bad. Perhaps they are hipster enough for him. None of those place violate the third place definition.
Further on into the video the guy suggests that those living in the suburbs don't really have third places because they cannot abuse alcohol (getting shitfaced).
Finally, he points out that even if restaurants and pubs do exist in the suburbs then it's not a third place because different groups don't come together and learn the trust another.
One issue I have with his points is that perhaps people don't want to abuse alcohol. Furthermore, since his audience is progressive perhaps an Applebee's is more of a comforting environment than a local pub where everyone gets drunk. How does he know a few of his viewers or their friends are not Muslim or recovering alcoholics?
Another issue I want to address is the criticism of isolating oneself among their own social / economic group. Personally, I don't have an issue with that.
About 10 years ago, I used to work in Los Angeles county and lived in Ventura county. While working in Los Angeles we would get calls about thefts from
Third Places with couple times a shift being ordinary. Cell phones, laptops, tablets, wallets, etc. were among the things stolen. Another common call was about homeless or drug addicts barricaded inside the bathrooms of these 3rd places bathing in the sink or even worse cooking drugs / shooting up. Not only does the smell of homeless body odor mixed with cheap commercial soap make me gag, significant hazards are presented with drug use either through the fumes left behind or the most dangerous sharps.
Next, the topic of trust is addressed. He mentions that people in cities with third places trust each other more but that can be meaningless.
Social desirability bias is a major factor that could have colored results. Other possibilities are that persons in urban areas are poor judges of the safety of the community. Finally, one needs to consider that those living in suburbs could be older or have more to protect (kids).
Honestly, the video seems less about finding a community space rather it appears to be on to try to get people to move to the city and be woke faggots.
Stabbing at third place where people could get shitfaced.