In many cities, an increasing number of people do not know their neighbours and the sense of community is lost. Discuss the causes and give measures to turn it around?

Nowadays, the sense of

community

is not maintained in urban areas due to the fact that more and more citizens living there do not build relationships with their neighbours. There are reasons behind

this

phenomenon that require corrective measures. There are a number of reasons why many people in the cities do not get together with others in their neighbourhood. The

first

reason is that they do not have enough

time

to interact with their neighbours. In fact, many people prefer spending free

time

completing their work due to their tight working schedule rather than making friends with those living

next

door. The

second

reason is that many people in the city tend to rely heavily on social networks

such

as Facebook and WhatsApp to make friends

instead

of going out to build relationships with others in their local

community

.

This

is because they can easily find friends having similar interests from all over the world through these online platforms while it is more difficult to fit in with neighbours who often have different origins and have cultural differences.

Nevertheless

, there are

also

a variety of solutions to reverse

this

trend. The

first

step could be for individuals, specifically in urban areas, to create additional free

time

to associate with neighbours by reducing

time

on working. In order to accomplish

this

, they might need their companies to reduce the workload. Another way to maintain the sense of

community

is that governments should take responsibility to reduce residents’ dependencies on social media to make friends and encourage them to get to know people in their neighbourhood.

For example

,

this

can be accomplished by organizing more

community

events where neighbours can join, socialise, and establish relationships with others

who

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they can share things in common and diminish cultural differences between them. In conclusion, the closeness among neighbours in many cities remains not prevalent due to the lack of

time

and the dependencies on social media. In order to tackle

this

, the effort from individuals in the

community

and from governments should be taken into consideration.