Quote Originally Posted by whorton View Post

7. Neighborhoods Without a doubt, the internet, social media, smart phones and technology have all conspired to ensure we know little about our neighbors, who could often be trusted to look out for our benefit. Consider, watching our houses when we were gone, keeping an eye on the local kids and keeping parents informed if their kids got out of line. . Today, even though I make a effort to introduce myself to neighbors, and speak to them often, there is no real relationship there. The relationship does not seem to be recuperated. Not to mention most of the houses are now on their 4th or 5th generation occupant families.
Yes, no question about this.

Was just talking to someone about this, how so few people interact with their neighbors any more and the bad impact that has on society in general.

There are a million reasons for this but the effect is certainly detrimental.