Community Doesn't Scale: Soho House & MiniClubs (Cafe Society #6)

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Cafe Society is Maxwell Social’s weekly magazine on the intersection of community and society — an anthropological look at the underpinnings of what makes the world tick, written by David Litwak (@dlitwak) and the Maxwell team. Hey friends, Sharing is Caring - we hope you’ve been enjoying our newsletter, and if you have, we have a quick ask - please forward this to any friends you think would enjoy it too! When I moved to NYC two years ago I joined Soho House. I had spent the last 7+ years living in San Francisco where there wasn’t any real tradition of social clubs, and I had spent a lot…

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