[WillowTheWhisp]

Originally Posted by shillelagh

I know i live alone and there are some days i dont speak to anyone except on here. When i was a kid everyone knew each other they were always in and out of each others houses every day or talking over the fence etc. Nowadays people come home from work shut their front door and dont talk to neighbours as much as what they did 30 years ago. How many can name their neighbours 6 doors down?

I put it down to living on a busy road that people don't tend to hover about outside chatting like they used to do, especially with people at the other side of the road.