@veff @Griffith @Dudebro @KuteboiCoder
Smartphones did their part. Definitelly. But it was also already inevitable thanks to the multipla-school to work pipeline.
In short, you are prety much FORCED to move your living location 3 times during your socially bonding years. I seriously believe, that this is 100% malicious, but when you leave university by the age of 25, you have no childhood friends, no kid next door girlfriend, no connections in the new place of work, and no system in place to form a new friend group.