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This is a specific poverty of American-brand ultraprocessed white culture that has always bothered me. I have never known community like this. It was basically Church or GTFO.
I dunno, I just have felt culturally impoverished for a long time. If you're a certain flavor of white, it's literally religion and work and...that's it. Sports I guess? What a non-nourishing culture.
And planting roots is pretty tough when you are forced to fling yourself across the country for school and work, which is the situation for many of my contemporaries. To leave home is to give up many of those built-in connections and support systems.
Dave Wilburn 
The breakdown of a sense of community is an intentional feature rather than a bug in our society. A working class that enjoys the stability and safety of a local community has bargaining power. Can't have that. Better to force the working class to move around constantly for their livelihoods, and conveniently break their social support network with each new move.
FWIW, I've formed a lot of close relationships through activities like sailing. That's hard for parents, but they'll often form friendships around their kids' activities and playdates. But it requires greater intentionality than growing up in a town or church community where your family has lived for generations.
@DaveMWilburn Yep, once the kiddo is old enough to Do Things, I'm looking forward to that.
And sailing is something I very much want to make time for, specifically. It's crazy how close I am to the water and how little I actually am out on it.
@mttaggart local sailing clubs are a great and affordable way to get into it. They often offer classes and tutoring, let you take club boats out once they're satisfied you know what you're doing, and have lots of social events.