You may have heard of third places before, but in case it’s new to you, they’re essentially community spaces where you can chill & socialize…Like here, I suppose! But typically they refer to in-person community spaces.

Does your area of the world still have a number of these, or are they in the decline? Do you know if your in-person communities are trying to establish or renovate theirs to help people connect or reconnect with one another?

  • RiderExMachina@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I’ve been thinking about turning the parking lot of an out of business big box store into a temporary third place on the weekends. Some sidewalk chalk and small canopies to make a place people want to hang out at.

    It’s more c/tacticalurbanism related, but it would be better than what my area currently has

    • Elle@lemmy.worldOPM
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      1 year ago

      That’s a fun idea! Would you have to get it okayed by your local gov first, or would it being a semi-regular temporary activity kind of it help it get by without that?