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The important part is you have community to look out for them. The US no longer has shared community in a given locale.
by coryrc 6y ago
The important part is you have community to look out for them. The US no longer has shared community in a given locale.
- mbg721 6y agoWorse than that, even as community cohesion has evaporated, US culture still encourages Mrs. Kravitzes (from the tv show Bewitched), who hand-wring about other people's parenting for sport. It's the worst of both worlds.
- dfxm12 6y agoWhy is that? Because the adults in these locales are anti-social? Something else? Whatever the problem, we should take responsibility and try to better our neighborhood for our kids. I'm glad I wasn't raised and don't currently live in such locales of the US. I knew all my neighbors and a lot of store owners growing up. I know a lot of the neighborhood kids today, and luckily it's never come to this, but I hope they know they can knock on my door if they need something.
- coryrc 6y agoBowling Alone[0] is usually the referenced tome. I would also throw "rising inequality" in the list of causes, but also a lack of unifying culture beyond nihilism, which isn't conducive to holding people together. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowling_Alone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowling_Alone