This article was pretty much genetically engineered to be relevant to my interests and I’m extremely glad for research bearing out that socializing and even temporarily pretending to be an extrovert is good for people’s mental health. I’VE BEEN TRYING TO TELL YALL. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/02/american-loneliness-personality-politics/681091/
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Also yes to the aspect of people hosting less. I feel like this still happens in my corner of the Midwest, maybe because you can still buy a single family home here on a middle class salary, and at the same time I know lots of people who don’t host as often as their house and lifestyle would reasonably accommodate. My husband and I used to host more pre-Covid (monthly potlucks) but even now we have people over to our house several times a year. Side bar: I love hanging out at peoples houses!
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