I think a part of the problem is that moving in one direction is easier than moving in the opposite direction. Which creates an imbalance of the result.
You want less community? Get a job, and you can rent a place in a different city, or on the opposite side of the same city.
You want more community? That’s more tricky. For an existing community, you will be a newcomer; they can potentially ignore you for years. To create a new community, coordinating people is difficult.
So I find it plausible that on average we have fewer communities than we would ideally want, because leaving a community is easier than joining it.
I think a part of the problem is that moving in one direction is easier than moving in the opposite direction. Which creates an imbalance of the result.
You want less community? Get a job, and you can rent a place in a different city, or on the opposite side of the same city.
You want more community? That’s more tricky. For an existing community, you will be a newcomer; they can potentially ignore you for years. To create a new community, coordinating people is difficult.
So I find it plausible that on average we have fewer communities than we would ideally want, because leaving a community is easier than joining it.