These are the people who vote on decisions about property taxes, state legislators, mayors, and other political offices in which your vote counts more than at t

These are the people who vote on decisions about property taxes, state legislators, mayors, and other political offices in which your vote counts more than at the national level, and which affects how your tax money is spent. These are the people who, as a collective, determine property values in your neighborhood. For purely selfish reasons it is a to your benefit to engage with them on occasion. As large a part as the internet is in your (and my) life, geography is still relevant (and the office, alas, still not paperless). There are many factors that impact your life; you do not live on a cybernetic island. By less disconnected and more community-focused, I mean precisely that you should interact with the people around you. Your children should play with theirs, you should make physical connections as well as virtual ones. As to why you should want that, obviously you do not, and I don't dictate your wants. For myself and my children, I want them to interact with the kids around them, and I want a nation of civically engaged communities. I believe there is balance to be had, and I am looking for that balance in my own life and how I can help bring more community to the city where I live.