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Hypothesis: few people actually *want* a full-blown community past about 25. They just think they do. It’s a lot of time and work to be involved in “community” in the sense of shared beyond-family communal daily life (meals etc) and weekly parties, seeing friends everyday etc.
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30%!!! And disproportionately old/retired people, and people in conservative old low-tech corners. And if you separate out those for whom it is politics more than community, the picture is even more stark.
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Yeah but from a very high base. Even, say, 10% of the population would still make it very popular in absolute terms. And I would suggest that atheism drove the drop off more than disliking the community aspect - anecdotally people generally regret the loss of that.
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I would frame community as one of those good habits we wish we had, but never get around to without external nudges. Like exercise (for which many people need coaches, trainers, and sports teams)
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