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Americans are spending nearly 1.5 hours less outside their homes in 2023 than in 2003. New research shows the pandemic accelerated a long-term trend of staying in. Does this sound familiar? buff.ly/zzztMZJ
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(Edit: Now with the right graph)

Time spent out of the house has been falling since 2003 Chart shows that there was a gradual but not constant decline from 2003 to 2020. In 2020, there was a steep drop-off in minutes per day spent outside the home due to the COVID- 19 pandemic. There's only been a slight recovery since then, and Americans spent nearly 1.5 hours less outside their homes in 2023 than they did in 2003.

America is becoming a nation of homebodies

Even after the pandemic lockdowns were lifted, out-of-home activities and travel remained substantially depressed, far below 2019 levels.
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Patrick
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Patrick
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I mean, the pandemic is still going on so there's that to think about.

Watching movies at home up close to a big screen and with my own surround sound taught me that movie theatres are useless though?

UberEats taught me that I'd rather eat restaurant meals at home than at any restaurant ever again.

The bar scene I don't miss either.

If anything, the ongoing pandemic taught me that a lot of the "outside" activities I thought I liked were just bad habits I did not like.

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David Andersen
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This is a strange graph to choose to accompany the linked article. ;-) (I think something got glitched...)