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Community Quality of Life and Third Places in the USA

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Oldenberg’s (1989) concept of “third places” suggested the availability of places outside work and home was an important community asset. Studies since then have found that perceptions of the quality of life in a community were more positive in those where an objective inventory confirmed more such places were available and when residents thought they had access to such places in their community.

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  1. School of Communication, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Leo W. Jeffres

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  1. Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma, Italy

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  1. Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli- Napoli, Italia

    Mara Graziella Tognetti

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Jeffres, L.W. (2021). Community Quality of Life and Third Places in the USA. In: Maggino, F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69909-7_3819-2

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