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Apr 8, 2023Liked by Anton Cebalo

Hello Anton,

[Isn't it odd that the norm now is to address strangers online by their first name -- which seems uncomfortably too forward -- yet the idea of addressing you as "Mr. Cebalo" seems uncomfortably too formal?]

I enjoyed reading your March 29 article at Palladium Magazine entitled "Midcentury Planners Demolished America’s Social Fabric."

https://www.palladiummag.com/2023/03/29/midcentury-planners-demolished-americas-social-fabric

[One of the posters over at the Ace of Spades HQ blog (https://ace.mu.nu/) linked to it recently.]

Near the end of that essay you discuss the idea of “third places:” those areas of socialization that can be counted as neither school nor work. Having been born in the early 1960's, I can certainly relate to having experienced, witnessed, & lamented the loss of such interactions over the past 60 years. I would humbly suggest that it's no coincidence that the rapid decline in perhaps what was once the most dominant area of "third place" socialization in America -- religion via neighborhood & community churches -- correlates to, if not has been a primary cause of, the rapid decline (in a whole host of areas from morality to education to happiness) of Western Civilization in general and the U.S.A. in particular.

Cheers!

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I support this move! I also feel like the weekly commentary theme has become somewhat congested. However, a monthly review "dump" will be welcomed, just to see which way you are looking at ;)

Looking forward to new interesting pieces!

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I recommend Dougald Hine’s Substack and his new book, At Work in the Ruins.

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This is the one i recommend following: https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson?r=1swumk&utm_medium=ios

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