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

At present, most of us do not have a close connection with our

next

-door

people

due to various

reasons

. In

this

essay, I will discuss the main

reasons

for

this

phenomenon and I will make some practical suggestions to overcome

this

situation.

To begin

with, many families had very close relationships with their neighbouring families in the good old days. But gradually it seems those connections had been fading away along with the time. In my opinion, the main

reasons

for

this

are hectic work schedules without much relaxing time and the improvement of technology over the

last

few decades. Today, both elders and youngsters, we all sunk in various duties and tasks, without much free time for others. Elders are often very busy with their jobs while youngsters are extremely busy with their studies starting from very young ages like age 5. The endless competitive nature of society is one of the root causes of

this

phenomenon.

Also

, with the development of technology, by nature

people

seldom talk to

people

face

to

face

, because they can easily use various technologies to communicate with others irrespective of where they are physically living starting from your neighbour to your friend in another country. To come out from the previously mentioned circumstances, we should try to engage and talk to our neighbour's

face

to

face

as much as we can. Apart from that, we can share certain things on regular basis,

such

as specially made food.

Furthermore

, we can arrange regular meet-ups and invite our neighbours on special occasions, for ,example birthdays or anniversaries. To sum up, nowadays, we can clearly observe a distance between our neighbouring

people

, rather than it used to be in the past due to aforementioned very

reasons

. But if we can understand

this

situation and act vigilantly, we can still bridge

this

gap between our neighbours and have improved close contacts to build up a better society.