• @grue
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    38 months ago

    The Internet replacing the need to go places (e.g. chatting on social media vs. hanging out in a dead mall) probably helped too.

    • HobbitFoot
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      28 months ago

      You also have ride hail services that weren’t available a generation ago. You can get places in a car without owning a car.

    • @[email protected]
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      18 months ago

      True enough. Cruisin, video gaming on split screen, and malls got replaced by social media and online gaming with voicechat.