Nowhere to Go: The Loss of Third Places

As more and more disdain forms towards young people's usage of social media, a growing campaign of pushback seeks to turn our concern toward the spaces we occupy in the real world--namely, how much lonelier and costlier they are becoming at the hands of capitalist urbanization.

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Clips featured in the intro: “The Nanny”, “Hey Arnold!”, “Xanadu” (1980), “Saturday Night Fever” (1977), “Grease” (1978), “Back to the Future” (1985)