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Third places and neighborhood entrepreneurship (2024)

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118 points WasimBhai | 1 comments | 25 Jun 25 12:10 UTC | HN request time: 0.253s | source
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picardo ◴[25 Jun 25 13:22 UTC] No.44377037[source]▶
I'd be interested to see an update to this study in the coming years. Starbucks has been pivoting towards take out and mobile orders and removing tables and chairs entirely from some of its stores lately.
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ghaff ◴[25 Jun 25 13:56 UTC] No.44377402[source]▶
I don't dispute that there may be a trend but a lot of Starbucks have long had pretty scanty seating--and certainly tables where you can reasonably meet and talk. And it can be fairly difficult to find a table at more traditional cafes/coffeeshops. So there's reasonable debate over whether a lot of coffeeshops are really third places.
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walterbell ◴[25 Jun 25 15:04 UTC] No.44378177[source]▶
> debate over whether a lot of coffeeshops are really third places

What are some examples of real third places in major US cities?

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1. randycupertino ◴[25 Jun 25 16:43 UTC] No.44379290[source]▶
For a lot of parents it's their kid's sports team events. At my local pool there are people who RV camp and grill during swim team events and the parents hang out all day, play spikeball, read, gossip, chill and otherwise hang out together while the kids compete in all-day competitions.