People today know fewer of their neighbors than in the past. Why is this? What can be done to solve this problem?

The probability of people knowing their

neighbor

a person who lives (or is located) near another

neighbour

is far less now than in the past.

This

trend is mainly due to long working hours and

dependency

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depends

on technology.

However

, there are a number of measures that can be implemented to resolve

this

issue. One of the reasons for realizing limited

community

members is due to the increase in the amount of office work especially in urban areas. Because of

high competition

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the high competition

in the consumer market each and every company wants to deliver product on

time which

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time, which

resulted in

drastic increase

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a drastic increase

drastic increases

in effort and

time

required for any employee. Breadwinners has to put in more effort and additional hours to finish tasks within the given

time

period, due to which employees spend less

time

with their friends and family.

In addition

to that, the advancement in technology caused most of the public to communicate via text message or over the phone rather than meeting in person which in turn lead to reduced face

time

with each other.

This

can be resolved using

number

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a number

of ways so that improvement in knowing each other in the

neighborhood

a surrounding or nearby region

neighbourhood

increases.

Firstly

, governments and corporate bodies should reduce the working hours of its employees at all levels and adopt flexible working hours so that office workers get more

time

to mingle with other fellow colleagues as well with friends, families and

neighborhood

a surrounding or nearby region

neighbourhood

which in turn

raises

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raise

interaction with surrounding communities.

Secondly

,

community

centers

an area that is approximately central within some larger region

centre

centres

should be built and

community

members should be invited to conduct social meetings to meet and greet each other face to face

this

way the communication as well as the sense of bonding between

neighbors

a person who lives (or is located) near another

neighbours

can be made strong. I concede that

this

would be

difficult task but

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a difficult task, but

a difficult task but

by

these ways

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these, ways

people can come closer together and develop a sense of knowing each other very well. In conclusion, the lack of

community

centers

an area that is approximately central within some larger region

centres

centre

and the wide gap between social circle and local communities lead to disconnect in

neighborhood

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the neighbourhood

neighbourhood

. Only when governments and corporate bodies are able to ensure its employees about reducing working hours at all levels, will

this

situation be remedied.