Neighborly sociability has measurably declined while non-neighbor friendships rose

Evidence

In each General Social Survey since 1974 respondents have been asked, “How often do you spend a social evening with a neighbor?” The proportion of Americans who socialize with their neighbors more than once a year has slowly but steadily declined over the last two decades, from 72 percent in 1974 to 61 percent in 1993. (On the other hand, socializing with “friends who do not live in your neighborhood” appears to be on the increase, a trend that may reflect the growth of Robert Putnam - Bowling Alone - Journal of Democracy 6:1 Page 7 of 11 http://xroads. — Robert Putnam, Bowling Alone, 53

Categorization

• SHARE: The shift from neighbor-visiting to dispersed friendship networks is a demographic nugget a planner or sociologist friend would enjoy.
• corroborated: 5 independent passages support this claim — Robert Putnam, Bowling Alone: America’s Declining…, 53
• XREF: connects to: Demographic shifts predicted rising sociability, so other forces depress it — Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival…, 356

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Broader Connections

• Demographic shifts predicted rising sociability, so other forces depress it #complicates (0.75) — Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival…, 356