“Nobody knows each other anymore”

By: Scoop Stanton

These were words from Walter Yurkiw last week talking about how neighborhoods change. Walter cited that no one knows their neighbors anymore. He couldn’t have been on point if he was reciting his own name. The New York Post reported a story on a doctor who has a hard time finding platonic friends as most of her friends are in relationships. The doctor is subscribed to an app to find platonic friends. We have the ability to communicate to the other side of the planet in real time, but we don’t know who’s our next door neighbor. It’s either because we are much more transient, and we are too self absorbed to know who is living next to us, or we don’t care. And for too many of us, were too busy working, taking our kids to soccer practice, and running to Walmart on the weekend.

Here’s my advice for the good doctor: go out! Go online and find what interests you and go out. About 4 years ago, I went to some sort of conservative function at a bar. I was doing the show remotely on a flip phone. Some dude asked if I wanted to meet the man who put the event together. Sure, the show was bombing. The man came on and killed. This man would change my life forever. The man is Ed Huebner! I met so many people who I call family because of my love of radio! Trust me, it works!