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

Recently, it is very common that neighbours do not interact with each other as compare to
past
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the past
. Fast paced life, busy schedules and technology are some of the causes that
has lead
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have led
to
distance
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distant
neighbours from each other.
However
, with few initiatives
this
problem can be solved. One of the reasons that neighbours do not interact and meet with each other is that people are busy in
this
fast paced environment. They
have long working
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have long been working
are long working
have long worked
were long working
hours where they have to work from morning till evening. When they return back to home, they spend
this
time
with their friends or family.
Additionally
, with the increasing use of technology, people spend most of their free
time
on social media platforms, where they interact with different people around the world and do not develop relations with the people
next
door. While in past as there was limited technology and people had restricted hours to work, they would spend their
time
with neighbours, resulting in developing good relations. Another cause is the trend of migration, where people move to other cities or countries for better
opputunities
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
opportunities
. Mostly people are not comfortable to interact with neighbours due to the cultural or
langugage
a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
language
barrier and
as a result
, neighbours do not have friendly relations. There are
number
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a number
of ways through which
this
issue can be resolved.
Firstly
, people need to understand that it is very important to have good relations with neighbours as they are the one who will help each other in the
time
of emergency.
Similarly
, community members should arrange monthly social gatherings, where people can meet and greet each other. These events will encourage people to develop
friedly
characteristic of or befitting a friend
friendly
relations with each other and create
sense
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a sense
of brotherhood among them. People living in
same society
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the same society
should celebrate different festivals
togather
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to gather
in order to involve new residents within the society.
Finally
,
Accept space
,
poeple
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
people
should limit the
time
for using social media and spend
time
with people around them. I concede that it will be difficult for people to limit
themselve
reflexive form of "them"
themselves
from social media as it was easier for people in
past
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the past
to meet their neighbours on
daily basis
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a daily basis
as there was
limited form
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a limited form
of communication. In conclusion,
although
it is difficult for people to take some
time
out from their busy schedules to meet their neighbours.
However
, it is important for society members to encourage all the people living in the area to interact with each other.
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