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Go borrow some sugar from your neighbor

Channeling Outkast a bit here, but for good measure.

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Ted Bauer
Aug 09, 2021
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There are definitely a lot of tropes out there about how "no one is neighborly" anymore, probably dating back to Bowling Alone, if not before that. The stats are often gloomy, with most Americans saying they only know a few neighbors, if any. I moved into a house in September 2020 (#PandemicMarket), and I would say I know most of my neighbors, but hardl…

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