My boys took me for a hike yesterday (Sunday afternoon) through our neighborhood. It was remarkable how empty the place was -- it was apparently vacant! I didn't see another human being for 10 - 15 minutes, either out in the yard, inside a house visible through a window, or even on the local streets. We saw houses from the front and also from woods behind them. There was not even evidence of human life: no lights were on or anything, although that is generally not surprising because the sun was out. It could have been a "ghost town". Possibly the only other people I saw the whole time were in cars driving on the larger streets. The walk took at least an hour. This is a "family" neighborhood! The neighborhood where I grew up (also a suburban neighborhood) was never quiet like this, that's for sure!
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