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From: chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Cheshire Chuqui)
Newsgroups: net.social
Subject: Re: Is anyone out there?
Message-ID: <1862@nsc.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 17-Nov-84 16:38:31 EST
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Posted: Sat Nov 17 16:38:31 1984
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Reply-To: chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Cheshire Chuqui)
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In article <503@amdahl.UUCP> canopus@amdahl.UUCP (Flaming Asteroid) writes:
>When I was young (early 1950's) we lived in a small house in a small
>town in New Jersey.  I do remember all the parents knew each other,
>all up and down the street, and even on streets that were adjoining.
>
>Thirty years later, I am living in my own small house with my own
>family, thinking about those long ago days.
>Neighborhood parties are all but non-existent.
>
>I have made friends with a number of our neighbors,
>but it seems to me
>that nobody really wants to socialize that much.
>
>Am I the only one experiencing this? but it all seems to be the
>same:  nobody talks to each other outside of the social event at hand.
>
>Is this a phenomenon of our times?

It is not only time, but location. Where I grew up in Southern California
this was more or less the situation years ago, and it is the same situation
here in Silicon now to a point. I know of other places where the
neighborhood really does still mean something, but these places tend to be
slower paced and less aggressive, places like Montana and Wyoming. I find
it a little depressing that in the apartment complex I live in I have a
neighbor that I haven't even seen yet, and I've been there six months-- a
good part of the reason is simply that our schedules seem to conflict. As
we get busier and more 'civilized' we seem to lose our contact with the
rest of humanity. I wish I knew what to do about it, because I certainly
don't like it-- I seem to be able to make inroads on a case by case basis
but there doesn't seem to be a general solution-- I wish I could find one.

chuq
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