When people were tied to a given place, where their families settled for generations, they understood that their wealth was built through allegiance to that place, and thus carried various obligations. In contrast, with money increasingly tied to individuals rather than place, loyalties to a community or town are much attenuated today. We have more national nonprofit organizations than ever, but fewer ways to bring people together across various divides or to effect change in our own neighborhoods and communities.
- Seth D. Kaplan, Fragile Neighborhoods: Repairing American Society One Zipcode at a Time
2 comments:
It is an issue of trust and sadly as we multi-culti, trust fades away.
HMS Defiant,
The lack of trust is one reason why people have hunkered down in gated ideological communities.
Michael
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