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I grew up in total suburbia. The ladies sat out on their driveways and had iced tea and gossiped while the kids played touch football in the street. The men got together when one had a home improvement project and worked it together. The families all got together for barbecues and the like. Oh and every street had a busybody who'd be watching your house and be sure to let your mom know that you had people over when you stayed home "sick".
I haven't seen this sense of community since I was a child. The place I just moved to seems to have a greater sense of this; perhaps because it is still a fairly small town. Last evening, the first of my neighbors introduced himself to me, and we spent nearly an hour chatting. Hopefully, this is just an early indication of future friendships and looking out for one another as members of a community with similar goals and dreams.
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We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess.
Mark Twain
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