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Originally posted by Peaches@Mar 1 2005, 03:27 PM
I think our transient society contributes to the lack of closeness with neighbors. We moved a lot when I was a kid thanks to the AF and IBM and I've moved as an adult in attempt to find a better neighborhood and school when my finances would support it.
Online, we never move. We can move physically from country to country, but when I can reach my Dad 60 miles away with the same ease I can reach someone in another country, I tend to keep the bonds there without breaking or weakening them when someone physically leaves.
I remember moving as a child and going to my Dad's office to call friends we'd left behind on the WATS lines and of course writing letters. As time goes by, you make new friends and don't make the effort. I probably talk more to my HS friends via email these days than on the phone or in person.
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Yeah, very true; and Jamaicans are stuck together on a small island.