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The second annual Social Connection in America survey, released 24 September, found four in ten Americans report moderate to severe loneliness, almost 70% see people they care about no more than once or twice a month, and 57% belong to no club or organisation — while 70.6% still say they belong in their neighbourhood.
Eleven older women in Calgary, all living with multiple chronic conditions and most having fled violent partners, kept each other housed, fed and medically accompanied — work no agency counted. Three new studies converge on the same point: ties between people are not decoration on a safety net. They are part of the net.
A study of three New York communities found that parks, libraries and sidewalks build friendship and trust best when they form a connected, walkable network — not when a single site is left to do the job alone.
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