My first surprise moving into my first apartment was that, unlike dorms, people didn't socialize with one another. I found that very odd and disappointing, but

My first surprise moving into my first apartment was that, unlike dorms, people didn't socialize with one another. I found that very odd and disappointing, but soon after realized why: unlike college students, people living in apartments are at different stages of life and have different interests. There are a few compelling use cases to hyperlocal social networking. This article touches on a few, but confuses them with the type of relationships you have with friends. Yes, there are probably some people in your building that you would actually want to be friends with, but it's not clear IMO how to make that happen. If there really were that many people around who you could be friends with, people in apartments would hang out regularly offline, and they don't.