Not just the city, but the nation as a whole. The united States (ponder the name) was founded on aggregation.

Totally agree so very true.

True, in addition, people in the cities has generally moved there at some time or other and away form their family and community groups. When they think of where they come from or belong, it is still to those family and community groups and not the cities where they live out of pure necessity. In reality they don't belong to those abandoned communities either, as they are not longer residing in them and have grown in different directions.

The concept of the nuclear family might have made some sense in the 1950s when men went to work and women stayed home to look after the house/family. Today that has changed and it has become a real struggle to have a family as both parents work and have to pay exorbitant costs for child care. Mothers can rarely afford to give up work to stay home as the lifestyle demands two incomes and grandparents are not around to help as they were left behind in the old home town.

Call me Dave (Cameron ) has tried to get the big community going but that will not happen until we get everyone on the same Hymn sheet in the UK , we are evolving into a techno kind of species where only the strong will survive or those who can adapt the best to the changes that are happening , unless the wealthy wake up then they might have to wash their own cars one day because all the poor people will be wiped out. How many houses can you live in at one time, how many cars can you drive at any given time, the above post will cause people to think about how we can all help a little bit more

Very astute observation. Much research has been done on the subject. I believe soon we will see a shift back to more traditional community as this new generation rejects the shallow facade and searches for deeper, more personal relationship.