In many suburbs the car as dominant transport means that all we know of our neighbors is what we see out of our windows driving by. Sort of sad really that being a good neighbor is about putting up a pleasant facade rather than providing something useful to the community (like water or power). I rather like driving around in farming areas where you see pumping columns besides the roads at regular intervals. This is what I like about farms: they are about functionality rather than facade. Sad that everyone these days thinks of farms as places devoid of technology because that’s the image on the food packaging.
