Vox: ‘If you want to belong, find a third place’

If one of the many crises that befall our society is loneliness, third places offer a solution. These environments are where the community gathers, where you can be either actively engaged in conversation or passively taking in the bustle around you.

Some of the common culprits of the challenge of finding good third places in the US: late-stage capitalism, hostile architecture, the surveillance state.