“the urban tribe.” What he was describing was the makeshift family that has come to the fore as young adults spend more years on their own. Essentially the college buddies of the twentysomething years, these are the friends who reply to our texts and who make it to our gatherings and birthday parties. These are the good souls who give us rides to the airport or to music festivals. These are the people we meet up with on the weekend to vent about bad dates over burritos and beer—or to talk about mean bosses over kale and kombucha.
