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Originally Posted by Keith P.
I don't buy it. I lived in a 22-storey downtown building with over 400 apartments. I knew most of the people on my floor wing and knew several well enough to visit with each other. Plus living downtown I went out all the time, walking everywhere, and had a great social life. Now I live in a neighborhood and while I know my neighbors we do little other than wave at each other and if you want any kind of social life you have to get in your car and drive somewhere as nothing is in walking distance.
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I completely agree. I grew up mostly in small rural towns and then later the suburbs of Halifax. Later when I left home, I would live right in the middle of the city, both here in Halifax, and elsewhere in Canada.
Back then when we lived on a rural subdivision, the whole street knew each other. Everyone attended the summer neighborhood BBQs, for example. And the same when I was living in an apartment building downtown-- got to know everyone on my floor, and others in the building,etc.
It was actually in the suburbs where all neighbors were strangers. We may have known some people's names, but never really knew most of anyone along the street at all. The suburbs were the most anonymous.
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