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One can imagine the move the

Beetlejuice — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 09:25:43 +0000

In reply to Sounds really nice Beetle.

One can imagine the move the US made to the middle-class in the late forty's and early fifty's required them to sacrifice their neighborhoods for the greater good.

Sounds really nice Beetle.

cmaukonen — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 04:19:09 +0000

In reply to So we're pre-wired to live

Sounds really nice Beetle. You are fortunate to live there.

So we're pre-wired to live

Beetlejuice — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 02:04:06 +0000

In reply to Neighborhoods

So we're pre-wired to live and work with a fixed number of individuals at any one given time. I wonder if the mind is capable of multiple-tasking groups of 150? I suspect it does...neighborhood being one, work being another, sports participation and so on. And I suspect it's really tricky how the mind differentiates between groups when there isn't any overlap of members between them and when there is.

Aside from the mental exercise, I completely agree. When I was in the US, the neighborhood wasn't anything like I remember in my youth. Here in Germany, I'm in a small farming town of less than a thousand, if you don't count dogs, cats, cows, sheep and horses. It has two small, one room banks at either end, two small pensions, a single restaurant, a hair stylist, a small but full service garage, a small (by US standards) lumberyard that harvests the trees from the nearby woods, a small grade school, a kindergarten, a church with an historic 900 year old chapel, a small food and beverage shop opened 3 to 4 days a week, and is along a bus service route that makes runs between two major cites east and west as well as one that makes a run to the Mosel and Rhein valleys. You can easily walk to any point in the burg to conduct your business or pleasure. And the burgs within a 2 to 5 mile radius have those extra services not available here. One has a pasty shop, a full service grocery store, a butcher shop and a gas station. Another has a medium sized bread and pastry bakery and another has a full service beverage shop with water, soda, bier and schnapps. Life is good and simple and relaxing, and everyone knows you and where you live and go out of their way to be neighborly regardless of the language barrier.

On the other hand, one might

cmaukonen — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 01:21:43 +0000

In reply to My current "neighborhood"

On the other hand, one might spot Pileated Woodpeckers, Blue Birds, Hawks of all varieties, owls, deer, opossums, raccoons, (and if you are really lucky) a skunk!

I suspect ones luck with the skunk would largerly depend on how one spots it.

Good Luck CVille

My current "neighborhood"

CVille Dem — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 00:49:30 +0000

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My current "neighborhood" consists of 73 houses on lots that are between 3 and 5 acres. Walking is done for walking's sake; there is no market or meeting place. On the other hand, one might spot Pileated Woodpeckers, Blue Birds, Hawks of all varieties, owls, deer, opossums, raccoons, (and if you are really lucky) a skunk! The nights are also very, very dark, which is great for stargazing. I love the quietness, broken by squirrels jumping through leaves; and also the noisiness of the tree-frogs and Cicada of the summer. Despite all kinds of strange noises, and the fact that I live alone (and my dog is deaf as a post) I have never been afraid in my house. That said, I want a change. I want to be in a neighborhood where I can walk to a movie, a coffee house, a pleasant restaurant. My house is on the market, and I have a contract on a house that is within walking distance of those things I mentioned. Wish me luck!

This I suppose is true. As to

cmaukonen — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 21:14:09 +0000

In reply to There are places with

This I suppose is true. As to something new...well I believe that somethng new will come along, when we are ready for it.

There are places with

EmmaZahn — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 20:58:31 +0000

In reply to Neighborhoods

There are places with neighborhoods and there are places without ---

In those places, community and church are much more meaningful than neighborhood.

Community means more to me personally because my first was a group of mostly interrelated families that had immigrated to here at about the same time a couple of centuries ago. There are pluses and minuses that come with that degree of community. Sometimes I miss it; mostly not. I would like to see something totally new evolve.