couldn't agree with you more - I grew up in a seaside village in the south of England and like you, everyone knew everyone else and looked out for each other - our postman use to leave parcels at the shop if we were out and leave a note to tell us! milkman use to make sure the milk was put in the shade . It was wonderful- now I live in the Middle East in a city with 96million others! got to say though my neighbours are lovely and have welcomed me, but its very different and noisy, but an experience.