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Silicon Valley county becomes first in U.S. to declare loneliness a health emergency (www.nbcnews.com)

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A mountain of research has linked loneliness to an increased risk of dementia, depression, anxiety, heart disease, stroke and early death.

Loneliness is officially a health emergency in California's San Mateo County, which is located in the San Francisco Bay Area and includes part of Silicon Valley.

The county's Board of Supervisors passed a resolution on Tuesday that declared loneliness a public health crisis and pledged to explore measures that promote social connection in the community.

It’s the first county in the U.S. to make such a declaration.

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[–] scoobford@lemmy.zip 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'd argue the "not paying" part isn't the problem. It would be nice not to have to pay, but most Americans could stomach a couple bucks to, say take up a barstool for a couple of hours.

The main issue IMO is that all the third spaces we do have are either dedicated to niche hobbies, or the consumption of drugs. Only people into really nerdy shit will actually go to a gaming store, people generally only go to coffee shops in the AM, and going to the bar every night is...we'll be polite and say "unhealthy".

Public parks would be cool, but I don't think most people utilize them that way. I don't know myself, because it is hot enough here going to a park is an exercise in self harm for most of the year.

I think the best idea I have is some kind if mall, where all of the stores have been replaced with activity spaces.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

That’s very true. I get basically all that from my local kink community but I think less niche hobbies could really use our model of “let’s all go grab dinner one Saturday a month and just chat”. It could easily be applied to shit like people who like a genre of book or something like that. I think you definitely do need something to fall back on that you share in common and enjoy enough to leave the house though.

Really what we need are dedicated community centers. Libraries are trying but that’s not what they’re there for