Local-first social media experiences are where the future is heading, particularly when it comes to #Nostr. There will always be a place for the "town square" model, but with more and more AI content and not knowing what information is real or not (plus spam), local networks will help newcomers bootstrap their web of trust and act as a gateway to the rest of the online world. 

 Isn't that what communities like henhouse.social are trying to do?