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Originally Posted by Velvet
The area was smaller, everything more easily accessible. Much less traffic. Neighbors really helped each other, turnover was less. And Mr Shwartz actually considered the residents’ problems as well as their entertainment. I am not saying he wasn’t shrewd financially, just that he also cared for people - not just for their money. TV was a Village as the name implies, not a city as the population is now. Can we go back? No. We always have to proceed forwards that is the only direction time goes. But we seem to be proceeding unilaterally like the Silicon Valley Bank, hedging the main bets on younger (active) naive people - who will grow older and will be in the majority here - it’ll be a lot of people to have to throw out. And I’m wondering how they’ll like it.
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So, it's the neighbor's fault? Our neighbor's are very helpful. They watch our home when we're away. My wife helped a lady she came across sitting on the curb. She simply "ran out of gas" and couldn't finish her walk home. My wife assisted her home and stayed with her until her husband came home.
She didn't have a clue who this lady was, either...
I've taken another neighbor (who broke her wrist and can't drive) to the dentist. My wife took her to PT...
I posted on Next Door and our local neighborhood message board about needing to borrow a set of golf clubs for my son in law who was visiting. I had a dozen offers...
You didn't answer my question. Being smaller doesn't mean you don't have to drive. Nor does less traffic. Once you can't live by yourself, Mr Schwartz had no plans to take care of anyone...