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Majority of Americans Would Like to Return to Time Before Cell Phones, Internet, According to New Poll (www.thewrap.com)
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Seventy-seven percent of middle-age Americans (35-54 years old) say they want to return to a time before society was “plugged in,” meaning a time before there was widespread internet and cell phone usage. As told by a new Harris Poll (via Fast Company), 63% of younger folks (18-34 years old) were also keen on returning to a pre-plugged-in world, despite that being a world they largely never had a chance to occupy.

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[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago

So what if some town somewhere were to ban cellphones?

[-] cykablyatbot@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

There's the radio-free zone in VA that has no cell service or wireless devices. You could always live there.

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago

I bet it's cheap too. I wonder if people have ethernet ports in their homes you can just plug into instead of wifi.

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