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Even in the deepest suburbs it's not that hard to form community and connection with your neighbors. Hold a few yard sales, make small talk, greet people walking their dogs, get to know who lives where. That's literally all it takes, that and actually going out.
We complain endlessly, particularly on sites like Lemmy, about the US's lack of "walkable cities" and other systemic obstacles to having better sense of community and social contact, but we hardly ever see people doing something about it.
I get that it's less "fun" to go out and make friends if you don't got a riverwalk and cafes, but the most important ingredient is still there, which is other people you just need to step up and make things happen.
Don't police stop people that are walking? I heard this from multiple people. It's so unusual to not be in a car they investigate.
I've had people in cars shout at me as they pass by and I've had a cop drive up to me and ask me where I'm headed, dependes from location to location, but walking is just seen as an odd activity in this country for some reason lol
This kind of "societal pressure" for lack of a better term is probably discouraging people. At least for me it would be.