People often do not interact with their neighbours and this is harming communities. What are the possible causes and solutions?

The neighbours are not talking with each other as much as they should and

this

is being harmful for the neighbourhoods. One possible cause of

this

lack of

interaction

is that people do not realize the benefits of a strong and united

community

. So, a solution might come from

city

officials by stimulating

community

groups.

First

of all, people are usually isolated on their own bubbles and do not perceive the many benefits a close relation with neighbours can have.

Thus

, people are usually overconfident in what they can achieve alone.

For instance

, someone might think that either sending an e-mail or giving a call to the

city

council

will be enough in order to solve a problem in his or her street, when in fact it will not be enough.

Consequently

, with not sufficient pressure from the population nothing will be done for solving the problems.

Therefore

,

this

lack of

interaction

problem can be mitigated by the

city

council

stimulating

community

groups.

Hence

, if proper incentives are given for a while to the local people, a trend can start and no more incentives will be needed.

For example

, the

city

council

could lower taxation for some months on people which are attending to the group meetings.

Thereafter

, people will start to perceive the advantages of having not only a close

interaction

with the neighbours but

also

a strong group

community

. In conclusion, people do not usually interact with their neighbours, because they are not fully aware about the advantages of

this

interaction

,

such

as solving local

community

problems.

Hence

, a possible solution might be incentives coming from the

city

council

to participants of local

community

groups.