It's great to see likemind getting a mention in The New York Times this weekend.  I love that we down here in Perth are part of something much larger than our city, or country.  This really rang true for me:  

These workers need new ways to connect, said Ethan Watters, who studied young urban professionals in his book, “Urban Tribes.” They live far from their families, he said, and work in highly fluid industries where co-workers change continuously. Unlike professionals from an earlier generation, they marry later and have weak ties to organized religious or community groups.

The full article can be found here.