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New movie ‘Montana Story’ captures the state’s landscape of loneliness
Choosing to shoot in Ringling feels integral to the idea of what “Montana Story” is trying to do. Ringling isn’t the soaring mountains of Glacier or the crystalline waters of the Blackfoot. It’s a small, middle-of-nowhere town. Ringling is one of those places people like to point to as the “real Montana,” a tiny speck of civilization dominated by the enormity of the landscape all around.
COVID-19 exposed rampant loneliness in America. Can housing design combat it?
Inspired by his work as a nurse at a psychiatric hospital, architect Andreas Tjeldflaat developed a housing design concept that fosters social interaction.
How to deal with loneliness and isolation over the holidays
This is normally a time of year to gather, reflect, and celebrate. But the advice to keep ourselves, our families, and our communities safe is to stay home. Here’s how to balance the feelings of guilt and depression that brings up.
Police create ‘chat benches’ to combat loneliness, ‘help make life a little better’
“The sign simply helps to break down the invisible, social barriers that exists between strangers who find themselves sharing a common place,”
Senior cohousing an ‘antidote to the loneliness’ that hits people as they age
“I suspect that as we have more housing shortages in highly developed urban areas, this concept will get more cachet. It’s an interesting housing model at a time when our country is so divided. These projects force people to relate.”
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