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Skates: Americans with a regular local third place dropped post-2019

Anne Lee Skates · 2023 Big Ideas in Technology (Part 1) · Jan 25, 2023 · at 19:47

Anne Lee Skates, consumer partner at a16z, discusses the decline of physical third places during a conversation on digital social gathering spaces.

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“In 2019, two-thirds of Americans said they had a favorite local place they went to regularly, but that two-thirds has actually dropped to just a little more than half.”

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The claim, plainly

According to data from The Atlantic cited by Anne Lee Skates, the proportion of Americans who regularly visited a favorite local third place fell from two-thirds in 2019 to just over half.

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Assessment

The resolution criteria require verifying via The Atlantic archives prior to January 25, 2023 that an article or report stated two-thirds of Americans had a favorite local place in 2019 and that this proportion dropped to just over half. An article published in The Atlantic on April 6, 2022 by Allie Conti, titled 'Do Yourself a Favor and Go Find a "Third Place"', explicitly cited data from the American Community Life Survey stating: 'In 2019, about two-thirds of Americans said they had a favorite local place they went to regularly. That two-thirds has since dropped to a little more than half, according to the survey.' This fully satisfies the resolution criteria.

The Atlantic article 'Do Yourself a Favor and Go Find a "Third Place"' published April 6, 2022 stated: 'In 2019, about two-thirds of Americans said they had a favorite local place they went to regularly. That two-thirds has since dropped to a little more than half...'

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[1] re-thinkingthefuture.com [2] rosalindderby.co.nz [3] rosalindderby.co.nz [4] americansurveycenter.org [5] americansurveycenter.org [6] mysourcepoint.org [7] rosalindderby.co.nz [8] a16z.com

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