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> The cities are full of petty bug people.

What does that mean?

I think they mean a cross between a bug and a person. Sure wish I lived near some bug people.

> The precariousness also inhibits the formation of stable IRL (as opposed to chat group based) friend groups.

Also what does this even mean?

You make friends here and then 18 months later those friends move to Seattle/Portland/Reno/Las Vegas/Phoenix where they can actually afford to live.