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1
Q

What are near places?

A
  • Geographically close to where you live
  • People more likely to be insiders bc they’ve experienced them and feel comfortable in them

• However, not all feel like insiders in places close to them, some feel like outsiders (Gender, age etc)

2
Q

What are far places?

A
  • Distant from where a person lives
  • People more likely to be outsiders bc less experience in them so less comfortable

However, people increasingly feel like insiders in far places due to globalisation, this is bc:
•Improvements in travel technology mean far places are easy to get to
•Improvements in ICT lead to familiarity with far places

3
Q

How do global companies affect far places?

A

Make far places feel similar to near places (placelessness)