Why Cities Feel so Lonely Now.

North America’s houses are getting bigger, the land around them more spacious. Life is increasingly lived at home—private, comfortable, and isolated. But while our homes grow, the spaces that once brought us together are falling apart.

America is crumbling—not just roads and bridges, but the very heart of community life: parks, libraries, playgrounds, community centers. These shared spaces are disappearing, and with them, the connections that bind us.

👉 In this video, we explore why America’s public spaces are in decline, what it means for our society, and why it matters for the future of our communities. Stay tuned to see how this shift is tearing us apart in ways we don’t even realize—and what we can do about it.

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:31 Isolation in America
05:16 Social Infrastructure
07:34 Funding Public Infrastructure
09:19 Delmar Divide
12:48 How We Got Here
17:27 What Happens Next

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Attribution:
Music by Epidemic Sound: http://nebula.tv/epidemic
Thank you to AP Archive and the Library of Congress for access to their archival footage.
Stock footage and others clips by Getty and Envato Elements

Narrated and produced by Dr. Ashton Schottler

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