My wife and I have been going to the same neighborhood bar for eight years and it's become our place — but now they're talking about selling and we realize we don't actually know how to be regulars anywhere else. We've built our entire social rhythm around Tuesday trivia and weekend conversations with people whose last names we don't even know.
More people experience this than they realize.
The vulnerability of building community in spaces we don't control, and how shared rituals can become invisible until they're threatened.
“Where Are You with Third places — bars libraries parks barbershops?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.