Now, it s unusual if we know people who live more than a couple of doors away. We know the person who lives in the beige house down the street drives a white Volvo, but we don t know much more. We took to the car. We exploded the old idea of the neighborhood in which you could walk everywhere, and we started building everything in specialized zones. Now the car is necessary if you want to buy food or get to work.
Houses function like space stations that have landing portals for our cars.
We can t without making a serious effort. The vision of a traditional neighborhood development is about a place that works a lot differently. It's planned as a place where it's easy to get to know your neighbor. The stroll from home to the corner store takes you by their front porches, where chats happen naturally. At the store, chance encounters with other neighbors and the familiar greeting of the owner add to that good feeling of belonging.