The Great Places Erased by Suburbia (the Third Place)

to get a discounted subscription to Nebula (and support this channel, too)! The pub. The café. The town square. They’re not home. They’re not work. They’re something else. But these places are becoming more and more scarce. And in car-dependent suburbia, they've been erased almost completely … and that's a problem. Watch this video ad-free and sponsor-free on Nebula: Patreon: Twitter: Reddit: One-time donations: NJB Live (my bicycle livestream channel): Script by Nicole Conlan and Jason Slaughter --- References & Further Reading Q A with Ray Oldenburg The Great Good Place (book) (book) Project for Public Spaces - Ray Oldenburg Do Yourself a Favor and Go Find a ‘Third Place’ “Third places” as community builders Public Places and Commercial Spaces: How Neighbourhood Amenities Foster Trust and Connection in American Communities American Community Life Survey McDonald's: you can sneer, but it's the glue that holds communities together A Question About Friends Reveals a Lot About Class Divides Do people really meet up at barbershops and just hang out, like on tv? If so, why is it in specifically barbershops that people hang out like that? Some taking advantage of cooling centers amid scorching heat East Baltimore Community Engagement This video contains content licensed from Getty Images --- Chapters 0:00 Pre-roll 0:08 Introduction 0:39 Ray Oldenburg's “Third Place“ 1:18 Our “local“ 2:16 Why smaller apartments are OK 3:04 Cheers 3:42 Other benefits of the Third Places 5:27 How suburbia destroyed the Third Place 6:06 Stealing “keep off“ signs 6:28 Faking the Third Places 8:02 Let's go to the mall! 8:55 The sterilized Third Place 9:22 The barber shop 9:41 What's left of the Third Place in America 10:18 Conclusion 11:27 Curiosity Stream and Nebula 12:54 Patreon Shout-out