In general, people do not have such a close relationship with their neighbours as they did in the past. Why is this so, and what can be done to improve contact between neighbours?

In the past, neighbours formed an important part of people's social lives and they helped them when they had problems. Nowadays, people often do not even know their neighbours and in consequence they live much more isolated lives. There are a number of reasons why we have less contact with our neighbours.
Firstly
, our lifestyles are more mobile.
This
means people may change the area where they live quite frequently and
this
causes their relationships with their neighbours to be more superficial.
Secondly
, nowadays people often live and work in different places.
This
leads to people forming closer relationships with work colleagues than the ones they have with their neighbours.
Finally
, modern lifestyles make us spend more time inside our houses watching television, and when we go out, we travel by car.
Consequently
, we do not speak to the people in our neighbourhood so much. There are a number of ways in which I think contact between neighbours can be improved.
First
of all, local authorities can provide communal areas
such
as playgrounds for children and community halls so that there are places where neighbours can meet and make friends.
Next
, I think that when new neighbours come to a street, the people living there ought to introduce themselves and welcome them.
Lastly
, people living in a street or small district should form neighbourhood associations and meet regularly to discuss the things which affect them. In conclusion, these suggestions will probably not make neighbours as important in our lives as they were in the past.
However
, they will help our relationships with our neighbours to become more useful and valuable.
Submitted by kelevifi on

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