My sense of community has never been strong. It’s just not the way I was raised. Growing up, I liked just off of South Street in Philadelphia. It’s a business district with a lot of bars. Sure, I lived on a little side street and seemingly other people lived there too, but it wasn’t particularly common to socialize with the people who lived there. We didn’t have a typical neighborhood experience. Maybe it’s because we lived in a tourist area…maybe it’s a symptom of living in a big city, but we just didn’t have a desire to particularly know our neighbors. It wouldn’t be until I was in my teens that we even knew the names of people living near us (before that we only knew the names of their dogs…). My family was very social with each other (my parents were my best friends and I rarely liked spending time with my peers more than spending time with them). We were loners. We didn’t have close family friends. My parents were part of the New Age movement when I was very young and they had a couple friends from that, but as their attachment to EST faded, so did the friendships. We weren’t religious in any other way so there was no expectation of a church/synagogue community either.
Falling Off Walls, Walking on Eggshells
Falling Off Walls, Walking on Eggshells
Falling Off Walls, Walking on Eggshells
My sense of community has never been strong. It’s just not the way I was raised. Growing up, I liked just off of South Street in Philadelphia. It’s a business district with a lot of bars. Sure, I lived on a little side street and seemingly other people lived there too, but it wasn’t particularly common to socialize with the people who lived there. We didn’t have a typical neighborhood experience. Maybe it’s because we lived in a tourist area…maybe it’s a symptom of living in a big city, but we just didn’t have a desire to particularly know our neighbors. It wouldn’t be until I was in my teens that we even knew the names of people living near us (before that we only knew the names of their dogs…). My family was very social with each other (my parents were my best friends and I rarely liked spending time with my peers more than spending time with them). We were loners. We didn’t have close family friends. My parents were part of the New Age movement when I was very young and they had a couple friends from that, but as their attachment to EST faded, so did the friendships. We weren’t religious in any other way so there was no expectation of a church/synagogue community either.