A TikTok user named Avery Arnett recently shared her frustrations with life in the United States after returning from a two-week trip to Europe, specifically highlighting a lack of accessible community spaces, Daily Dot reports. Her video, which has gained nearly 92,000 likes, focuses on how much happier she felt while traveling abroad compared to her daily life in Texas.
Arnett points to the concept of “third spaces” as the primary culprit for this disconnect. Sociologist Ray Oldenburg coined this term in his 1989 book, The Great Good Place, to describe environments outside of the home and the workplace where people can gather and socialize.
