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retire@40 said:I've often wondered why we in the USA didn't set up the same kind of squares as the Europeans. The people who emigrated from Europe were pretty much the people who designed this country. The only thing I can think of is that the Europeans that came to this country were the ones that came to work and improve their lives, so they were more concerned with a work environment rather than a leisure-type environment.
is it me or what but i think in US, we don't have a strong sense of community and bonding. i used to live in an apartment complex. you can live there for years with OUT knowing anything about your neighbors, except to Hi and Bye. then we moved into a town house, almost the samething. everyone got their own friends from somewhere else once or twice every two months they got a gathering. then quiet again for a long time. May be noone want to socializing with us but i do believe they don;t socializing with each other either.
then we moved into a single house, even worse people are far apart, i only get see them when they cut the grass. Everyone mind the own "business". very very isolating. When i chat with my collegues at work. they are all bragging about how far AWAY their neighbor are. some guy even said "oh yeah, i got NO tricker treater in Holloween, Yup, 20 acre of land and 1 mile to see the next house. i am proud of it". What a strange world, the richer you are the less people you want to be around....