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When you realize you lack neighborhood connections

I live alone and my power went out for six hours yesterday and I realized I do not know any of my neighbors well enough to ask for help and that scared me.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Moments of vulnerability expose how isolation masquerading as independence can leave us dangerously disconnected from the safety net of community.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Neighborhood and place-based belonging?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.