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glouwbug on Nov 10, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: French postal workers helping lonely older people ...

Toronto being the sprawling megalopolis it is, I can see why. Having lived in Vancouver all my life I was pretty shocked the people here in Toronto wouldn't even make eye contact as they passed by on the streets.

I can't imagine being elderly. This is a cold city if you don't have an immediate social group to join in on.

jeromegv on Nov 10, 2019 [–]

Just google the loneliness epidemic, nothing to do with toronto being cold or unfriendly. I can tell you there’s plenty of lonely old people in Vancouver.

hurrdurr2 on Nov 10, 2019 | [–]

Yeah there's a lot of lonely people everywhere... and not just the elderly. I'm sure they problem gets worse as lonely folks get older.

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