The resurgence of Vancouver's creative class
In the face of screen fatigue, a new generation of Vancouver creative types are converting to face-to-face meetings.
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This might explain how these in-person gatherings address the one problem identified by the Vancouver Foundation as the biggest social issue in this city of newcomers, transients, and ethnic silos — isolation. When so many people in a city are from somewhere else, when more than half have mother tongues other than English, the craving to connect with local history and personalities gets people out.
“There’s a great interest in thinking more deeply and reflectively, as well as networking and community building,” says Mark Winston. "We feel less isolated when we’re physically in touch.”
Welcome to the new IPO: in-person-only events. There is hope outside the screen.
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Comments:
Posted Tue, May 8, 12:52 p.m. Inappropriate
Yea! It's a non-stop social mixer! Do these people do anything productive? Too much time on their hands? That's the middle aged, no-children, apartment dwelling, "I'm bored and want attention" speaking here. ("A dark future?" Please tell me more about that.) We live in an era where people have more leisure time than they know what to do with, obviously.
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