Exploration 43 | Journey in Place | Third Places

Where do you connect with others in your place?

Tiny Essay

Sociologist Ray Oldenburg, in his 1989 book The Great Good Place, raised the notion that American life was in jeopardy because of the decline of what he called “third places.”

First place = home

Second place = work

Third place = public places where people hang out. Blogger and public-school-promoter Michael Hickey calls third places the “living …