More generally, I think that finding a local community group with a common interest is key here to generating social connections. The common interest is not eve

More generally, I think that finding a local community group with a common interest is key here to generating social connections. The common interest is not everything but it is the spark to try and start those connections. Conversely, I have found it very hard to just establish connection to my local community (i.e. my neighbors) without any sort of central interest. The few of us who are close friends have tried to reach out and create more of a community and have hosted block parties and BBQ's in our neighborhood. But everyone else is still just "my neighbor" to me and not "my friend".