Places may be numbered but I don't think they're in any particular order. The thing is, we can draw a circle around each. We can call them "bubbles". If we stop going to Cheers, or if we stop going to work, or maybe even family, we'll find that the people we thought were friends will dissipate and few will be left in a fairly short amount of time. The people we might call our friends are often no more than people passing by us. A place like Cheers (a good metaphor) is a place where people who are not alike mingle. We've basically lost that.
Places may be numbered but I don't think they're in any particular order. The thing is, we can draw a circle around each. We can call them "bubbles". If we stop going to Cheers, or if we stop going to work, or maybe even family, we'll find that the people we thought were friends will dissipate and few will be left in a fairly short amount of time. The people we might call our friends are often no more than people passing by us. A place like Cheers (a good metaphor) is a place where people who are not alike mingle. We've basically lost that.