Do we live in an introvert world?

That does not happen to only you. Nowadays, people are so indifferent that they don't care for whatever happens to their surroundings. Neighbors almost don't know each other while they should be the ones helping each other. Sometimes perhaps pride prevails. A neighbor thinks he's better than his neighbor. There seems to be no more cooperation. Neighbors do not spend time to gather just for some chat to be friendly with each other. To each his own, I think that's what's happening.

I can remember sitting on big front porches while the parents chatted us kids played. No one even has a big front porch anymore.

ya its got somrthing o do with the defenses we erect to get away from the risk of getting hurt .New persons means new relationships ,which in turn means a lot of time for it to nurture along with trust which people are really miser to spend on anybody new. We have to break the barriers to make new friends and enjoy life.

It didn't seem that way as I was growing up. In my childhood years I can remember everyone knowing who everyone was. All the neighbor kids played together, and all the parents got to know each other. In more recent times, it does seem as though we are all strangers. Most of your friends need a reason or permission to "get together", families are scattered from one state to the next so reunions or "get togethers" with them are few and far between, and rarely do we get to know who our neighbors are. I don't know if the bottom line is so much that we want to be left alone, but more of "why bother?".