JanS
I live in an apartment with 8 units. There was a time when we all knew each other, spoke to each other. I now speak with people in 4 .5 of them. There are others who would rather walk over you as you struggle with your walker going out the door, than stop and say, hi, need some help …yes that happened to me recently. This building is on a block of apartment buildings, all full. Nope, I don’t know any of them except for one I have met using the senior services shuttle. Have not a clue as to who the rest of the people are on this block. We don’t have a block watch, we don’t do the Night Out…we all stay cooped up in our little cocoons. It’s all kind of anonymous, I guess. Funny thing is, I’m now friends with the woman who used to live across the alley from our building. I didn’t meet her until after she had moved.