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Yep had to change the name again. I'll babble more about that later. Right now I am wondering about where you all live? Namely wdo you live on a street or in a complex or a house or apartment and do you consider the area that you live in to be A "neighborhood". Do you know your neighbors? I'm getting ready to move to an area of town where the term actually still is correct. The area is nice and has a lot of families but would definitely be considered more of a liberal area and it has been a long time since I have lived anywhere that I plan on getting to know my neighbors. Looking forward to getting active in a community again. So do any of you have this where you live? It seems that while we are building some cool communities online we are losing them on our own streets.
What effects do you think that it is having on our society???
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Fri, August 20, 2004 - 10:15 PMPrior to where I live now I was in a largish city and I didn't know my neighbors... was scared to death of my neighbors... and actually was evacuated from my home on one occassion because of a hostage situation directly across the street. I only knew the downstairs neighbor because she was the landlord. My parents new the nextdoor neighbor, and only knew her through them. That was the extent of my neighborly knowledge.
Now I live in a house in a citified-town. I know the neighbors on either side of our house, but wouldn't choose to associate with the others on the street under most circumstances. The biggest thrills around here are drinking, driving very fast, and gossip. I find I really have nothing in common with anyone no matter where I go. :(
I think it is often easier to find people of like mind online because part of the online experience is communication. If on one hand you're afraid of your neighbors, and on the other, your neighbors have killed so many brain cells a rhesus monkey would be a better conversationalist... there's really not much "community" to be had on one's own street.
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Sat, August 21, 2004 - 2:55 PMI live an an apartment complex. I know a few of my neighbors but not too many. Part of this is that I teach at night and am home when most are at work. Unfortunately, most of my neighbors keep to themselves. It is not that they are not friendly but people seem to be caught up in their own lives.
I think this is a common problem in today's soeciety. We see it in politics, where many care not to vote. This is especially true in local town and city politics.
I often wonder in today's society - "What does it mean to be a citizen?" -
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Sun, August 22, 2004 - 7:12 PMFor me being a citizen means being involved. Politically yes, at least to the point of voting. That is about all I do now although hope to have enough time eventually to do more (Yeah being too busy and poor is common so I know what you mean about being caught up.) But I am usually very friendly and do find time to know my neighbors to some degree.
Being a citizen also can involve making a positive change in society. Helping someone learn to read or donating to a shelter. I work two jobs and have a family so at the moment, until I get better off financially and can work only one job I am happy with voting and annoying my Republican friends with lot's of anti-bush emails..........
But we are moving into a neighborhood into half of a double (big old house type) that a friend lives in. And she knows alot o the neighbors and it is a very active and involved Neighborhood and I plan on being as active as possible in the community". Yep there's the word. In Columbus we have three neighborhoods, all ring the downtown for the most part, that are comprised of a lot of Yuppie types and students and left leaning people. The yuppie types are also pretty liberal too. Now not every street is a real community but it is surprising how many there are here.It is pretty expensive to buy a house there but you can usually find a cool apartment for a decent price. We are going to rent a half of a two story house, with a basement and a back yard and porch for 725.00 and Columnbus has about a million people in it. I am sure that you have neighborhoods like that around you. It may take some to me to find it. (The smaller the city the aharder it is to find.) I haven't felt that kind of thing since I was a kid and I am 36 so you may have to wait for it.
Hope that you find it?
Peace
Andy
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Mon, August 23, 2004 - 7:18 AMI have a serious weirdo moving in next door to me
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Mon, August 23, 2004 - 9:44 AMI think that suburbs are destroying the nation.
People spend so much money on their cars/gas and time in them that they are losing focus on what is really important. Living in your own home with home theaters and all that crap cuts people off from society.
People do not interract with the city when they drive to work; they simply go to their office and drive home. Cities are decaying while people rot on the couch of their suburban homes. If more middle class and rich people lived in cities, the cities would not be so broke.
It's a multi-layered problem. The best solution that I see is increasing the price of gas and car ownership heavily. With them money saved on road maintenance, we could pay into mass transit. We'd save energy and people would spend time around each other instead of alone in their cars listening to hate radio.
If you want to fix society, I think a great first step would be to make owning a car a lot more difficult. It would save a lot of lives, too. -
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Mon, August 23, 2004 - 10:04 AMI agree wholeheartedly. Good thoughts, George.
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