Why don't we have such a close relationship with our neighbours like people had in the past?

Nowadays we are very busy. We leave home at about seven in the morning and we come back at seven in the evening. As soon as we are back home, we are not meant to relax yet. Our day is not over yet, as we have to make a healthy dinner and sort out our home a little bit . Also, we must monitor our children’s homework. In the weekend we are tired and a little bit stressed, however we do our best to spend as much quality time as we can with our family. As a result, we rarely have time to stop and make conversation with our neighbours and it can be that we don’t even know them at all. Even though we are interested in the problems that affected our neighbourhood, we don’t have time to catch up with them and to discuss them with our neighbours.
In the past the situation was very different. The way our grandparents lived wasn't as fast as ours and they didn’t fill their agenda with thousands of appointments. Consequently they were not always in rush and they could easily find some time to talk to their neighbours. Also, only some people could afford a radio or a television so talking with their own neighbours was the best way to keep up with the local, regional and national news. Moreover, they knew that they could count on their neighbours whenever they need some help. The majority of relationships between neighbours were very strong and trustworthy.
In our time to improve contact with our neighbours, we should start joining the local events organized in our borough. Also, we should find some minutes to slow down and talk with our neighbours when we meet them on our way to go to work and on our way back home.

~Very nicely done! It's true, I don't even know who lives in the apartments next door to me at the moment