“Local and state governments can help civil society by building towns and cities in ways more conducive to neighborliness and community building. Walkability is a big thing. Mixing residential and commercial development would create real neighborhoods where people can walk to the corner store for a gallon of milk and run into their neighbors. It could allow for “third places” like neighborhood pubs, barbershops, and sandwich shops.” CommunityNeighborhoodCivil SocietyLocal GovernmentLand UseWalkabilityZoning Book:Alienated America: Why Some Places Thrive While Others Collapse Source: Alienated America: Why Some Places Thrive While Others Collapse