Sociospatial Disparities in “Third Place” Availability in the United States

Tertiary to home and work, “third places” serve as opportunity structures that transmit information facilitate social capital upward mobility. However, third places may be inequitably distributed, thereby exacerbating disparities in The authors use tract-level data from the National Neighborhood Data Archive examine distribution of across United States. There were significant availability places. Higher poverty rates associated with fewer Tracts smallest shares Black Hispanic populations had comparatively more this racial disadvantage was not linear, suggesting potential buffering effects largest populations. also a rural disadvantage, except most isolated tracts. This study demonstrates value conceptualizing measuring understand sociospatial these understudied structures.