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Third places and neighborhood entrepreneurship (2024)

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118 points WasimBhai | 6 comments | 25 Jun 25 12:10 UTC | HN request time: 0.282s | source | bottom
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sneak ◴[25 Jun 25 12:30 UTC] No.44376526[source]▶
I’m pretty sure I would move to a city anywhere in the world based primarily on the availability of high quality 24 hour third places.
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1. ghaff ◴[25 Jun 25 13:16 UTC] No.44376985[source]▶
I question how many people would want to hang in 24-hour third spaces beyond spaces that are open to some reasonably late evening hour.
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2. dghlsakjg ◴[25 Jun 25 14:27 UTC] No.44377731[source]▶
Not many. But the existence of them in a place points towards a certain culture.

You see them not necessarily in places like wall street, but more in places with strong intellectual culture like universities and artsy neighborhoods.

I can use the existence of a country club as a useful signal about a place without being a member, or having any interest in it.

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3. sneak ◴[25 Jun 25 15:06 UTC] No.44378207[source]▶
Go to some clubs in Berlin sometime :)
4. walterbell ◴[25 Jun 25 15:07 UTC] No.44378211[source]▶
> points towards a certain culture

Also points towards local labor law and market.

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5. dghlsakjg ◴[25 Jun 25 18:35 UTC] No.44380505{3}[source]▶
What do you mean? I’m not sure the implication is obvious
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6. walterbell ◴[25 Jun 25 18:55 UTC] No.44380711{4}[source]▶
Labor law may constrain working hours.

In some countries, low cost of human labor enables staffing of low-volume businesses, including opening hours with low traffic.