mind you, better than the news...my little community is a bit soapie....I am in a horse shoe organised group of single story units with a large, gardened courtyard, each unit grows garden outside their unit. Mine was a dustbowl front and back. Priority having plants...mine were all rescued from being thrown away by others... ferns, hollyhocks, lavender, rosemary, creepers, spider lants, boston ferns..all the hardy sorts...I am not agreen thumb, but I get pleasure from my doings.
my neighbours are older, quiet...mostly female....with a mixture of countries of origin. Little dramas play out.
I've just finished watching a lovely film, 'Aloys', about 2 lonely people who connect by phone calls. Simple story of 2 people finding a friend.