An interesting illustration of this phenomenon is the movie “City Slickers.” I just watched it again the other day. Its depiction of New York City life was completely unrecognizable to me.
Maybe. Though I think classic ways of measuring social capital don’t capture things like meetups or conferences which became more prominent in the last 10-20 years
Meetups and conferences are a white collar professional thing. What fraction of the population goes to meetups and conferences, compared to the fraction of the population that used to go to church or union meetings or local fraternal lodges?
An interesting illustration of this phenomenon is the movie “City Slickers.” I just watched it again the other day. Its depiction of New York City life was completely unrecognizable to me.