this could lead into a whole new topic..
how the industrial revolution has led to the dissemination of the community at large in america, perhaps?
i've lived in some towns that seemed small enough for pretty much everybody to know everybody, and there still wasn't the sense of community i see you guys talking about. i agree that it really does take a village, because i think you need something different from everyone.. you get a certain kind of nourishment from your parents, from your teachers, peers.. etc. and perhaps it isn't missing so much from the parents and nuclear family, but outside the home i definitely think it's not there like it could be. a lot of problems people have are just compensating for the lack of a certain niche someone has, ex: you don't really have any peers, so you rely more heavily on your teacher..
as far as culture.. i suppose i could argue that there's a culture of not really having a culture of your own.. i've seen people like that.. culture sponges. it's weird. but that in itself as i said, is a culture all its own.

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