I really couldn’t do that in the Bay Area either. It’s tough to go hang out when you have a kid. Mostly I’m feeling relief from the stress of FOMO + social anxiety around “can I take my kid here or will he be disruptive?”
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Replying to @s_r_constantin @zachcaceres
We need a more child friendly rationalist community!
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Replying to @WatsonLadd @zachcaceres
Honestly, rationalists are very friendly to children! The main bottlenecks have to do with *space* (the smaller the apartment the more likely a toddler will break something) and *venue* (you want to meet a parent? It’s pretty much gotta be in the parent’s home or outside.)
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The other thing, which is kind of unavoidable, is schedules. Stay-at-home parents need daytime weekday company. People with jobs are at work during the day. Makes it isolating to be a stay at home parent.
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The specific downside of a very ADHD-heavy friend group, which really wears on
@oscredwin, is that people just forget about you if you aren’t on social media as much or didn’t come to the latest party or need advance notice before meeting up.3 replies 0 retweets 4 likes -
Replying to @s_r_constantin @WatsonLadd and
When you’re a parent, meeting friends is something that has to be *planned*. Which sucks if all your friends are “not planners.”
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Honestly one thing that would make it easier is if more of our friends had babies. More babies = more people with the same needs & schedules as us.
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More people in the dreaded suburbs do have children & you've hit upon why.
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I hesitate to be “yay suburbs” because they’re *so* ugly though. I don’t know if there’s an inherent reason the US can’t have nice vernacular architecture affordably, I don’t know urban planning, but it’s the one thing that bugs me.
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I think it's a blend of cultural conservatism (i.e. people think it looks good) and our housing market removing any interesting features b/c it's perceived to lower the buyer pool / market value of your home. Hence why Toll Bros make housing associations that keep suburbs bland.
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What's Toll Bros?
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