Looking out of the window I can see 10 houses. The people in those 10 houses have mostly all been there for the 5 or so years that I've been here. Yet I can only name a total of 5 out of the 20 adults that stay in them. What does that say about me? Them? Society in general? Have times changed? If I lived in a village I imagine I'd know everyone, but because it's a town its's somehow different.
I remember 1977 when we had street parties for the Queen's Silver Jubilee. There was definitely a sense of belonging to an area, you knew your neighbours, you acted more as a street than an individual. What's changed then? Has technology taken our eye of the ball? The world is a more connected place, but are we more connected? Where will we be in another 25 years? We won't see each other in shops, as there won't be any. We won't meet each other at work as we'll mostly be working from home. We won't meet in pubs and clubs because drinking will be done in the house and dating will be online...
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