• Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    10 months ago

    What sort of third places exist in other countries? I’ve always wondered. I’m in the US and we have a lot of parks, most of which have benches where plenty of folks go to eat lunch or gather, but that’s only feasible when the weather is nice. It would be amazing to have a third place with heat or AC where you can hang out. The library works in some cases but obviously you can’t eat there and you have to be quiet.

      • Lv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        Okay so you just listed off public parks I think? Which, believe it or not, we do have in the states. In plentiful amounts too.

        Also, the coldest temp ever recorded in Stockholm was -28c, and this winter we had over 40 days colder than that haha

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            10 months ago

            Yeah I guess I would consider a “park” to be “any public outdoor place”. For some steps leading down to the water and a bench it would be a small park, or possibly a “public access site” but that’s still a type of park.

            And yes, I do live in one of those “ice holes” haha. But to be honest, when I went to look it up I thought the numbers would be closer because you’re at a similar latitude but I forgot just how mild of a climate Europe really has.