Do you know your neighbors? Because in an emergency, guess who will be right next to you? Them.

If you are on cordial terms with the people on both sides of you and across the street from you, you’re head and shoulders above most of us. Few Americans even know their neighbors’ names.

In many neighborhoods it seems impossible. And in some places, there are little nagging problems that have grown, or are currently growing, into large problems.  Or our particular neighbors just do not seem like the kind of people we would like to know.

But we should get to know them anyway.

It’s hard. It’s uncomfortable. But think how much more difficult (more…)