#community-decline tag

The loneliest generation in history isn't Gen Z, it's the boomers who raised everyone, hosted everything, and are now sitting in quiet houses wondering where everybody went - Silicon Canals

Many aging baby boomers who once held social networks together now face deep isolation as community and family support structures have eroded.

fromwww.berkeleyside.org

4 weeks ago

'I've never been fearful': How I learned to love Berkeley being blind

When I was growing up, people liked to join. People joined churches or clubs or dance groups or singing groups. Those still exist, but their membership has quite declined. People just don't want to join anymore. It's certainly down from the '50s and '60s. And before, if you got on the bus you could say hello to everyone. Now, if you did that, they'd rush you off to the looney bin. It's a sad state of affairs.

East Bay real estate

Mental health

fromHer Campus

2 months ago

IS COMMUNITY DYING?

Work demands, vanishing third spaces, and digital habits have eroded spontaneous community, increasing isolation and weakening everyday social connections.

Miscellaneous

fromIndependent

3 months ago

Keire Murphy: How does someone go from reading online posts to throwing bricks at gardai at Citywest? Here are the key factors

Extremists exploit people who feel unheard, amplified by decline of social institutions and community groups, leading to violent protests and attacks.

UK politics

fromwww.bbc.com

3 months ago

Labour feel the heat in crucial Welsh by-election test

Labour's historic dominance in south Wales faces rising local frustration, community decline, and political volatility ahead of a Caerphilly Welsh Parliament by-election.

UK politics

fromwww.theguardian.com

4 months ago

Starmer gambles on levelling up'-style initiative to tackle Reform threat

Keir Starmer will fund over 300 deprived UK areas with tens of millions to regenerate high streets and empower communities to fix decline.