• glimse@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Well not every city has every industry so there’s not much urbanism would do there. We all moved for work or to be closer to family.

    I think a better theory for the nostalgia is just proximity to friends. Not to mention the abundance of free time and lack of responsibility…the neighborhoods surely pale in comparison.

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      Yeah this. So much free time, I lived with my best friend (he’s now on the other side of the world), and I could visit all my other best friends easily. I live in a more walkable city now, but none of my friends from that time live here.

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        Yeah…my friend group was a lot bigger back then from proximity alone. We’re all across the US now and a couple are overseas.

        I’ve made more friends since but as an adult, location doesn’t dictate friendships so they were far to begin with