Red,
I so agree. That is still the way it is in my small hometown. Everybody helps everybody. Nobody locks their door because everyone watches everybody's elses house. We are poor in money but very rich in values. We come together to fight corps. who want to use us for garbage dumping grounds. You can read about us fighting on work horses with shot guns at a bridge to turn around 3 different attempts to start a landfill in our back yards.
I was like a lamb going out into the world and I still don't know how some people sleep at night. Hope you are ok Red.