This has been on my mind for a while and it really bothers me. Everyone I know lives 10-20km away and the only time we meet up is at the pub where we spend a huge amount of money. There are very few public spaces in the city and they are all loud and unpleasant to be in due to the car traffic.

I honestly think the invention of cars is to blame for the loneliness issues. All the other things like social media are just background noise compared to the invention that made it very incontinent to just casually meet other people.