“Part of the compensation is being part of this family,” I grew up in the 80ies and communities were much stronger then. We had a community run iceskating cour

“Part of the compensation is being part of this family,” I grew up in the 80ies and communities were much stronger then. We had a community run iceskating course during winter, community run 'neighbourhood'-house with games, music etc. We supplemented our schools budget by collecting old paper every six weeks, people just showed up and did the work together ( teachers, parents & kids ). Our municipality had a very nice pool-complex and library. All gone. Somehow this is all too expensive now.