lancelot14466 wrote:
And one of the biggest culprits IMO...urban sprawl. Once I could easily run 12 city blocks to see my friends and my entire Italian family lived within walking distance in the city. That all changed when people began moving out of the cities.

Absolutely lance. I know that in the neighborhood I grew up in there is and was a strong Italian community and a lot of it is still there and you can walk at night and leave your doors open to this day. My mother worked days and Pop worked nights for a while when we were kids, plus we had older sibs who kicked in with help and "baby" sitting....(I'm gagging on these words), but Hillary said "It takes a village"