That's refreshing. TVs are very popular curbside decorations. I always thought about taking them home and fixing them up but could never convince myself I had the time or patience.
"Summarize memories at timestamps: [i, j, k, ...n]" etc. etc. until you have a nice scrapbook of memories. Then you gotta prune low-traffic, low-value vector spaces by whatever heuristic you (or an automated system) deems important.
Great reminder about immigration's social barriers.
Church and work are the lowest friction social spaces that I can think of outside of wealth dimension.
The problem still defaults to getting your foot in the door though. It requires a certain elevation of compassion and information in enough social circles for a single person to overcome cultural devides.
Indeed some of the most social times of my life was when I went to church despite not being Christian. They tend to be very welcoming and friendly in my experience. Sports clubs are great (e.g. badminton) as something less controversial
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