Yes,it appears that the world we live in,people are so rapped up in themselves,that they don't give a hoot to anybody else. Just recently an elderly guy died in his flat/apartment here in Wellington, and it took over a year before somebody noticed he hadn't been seen. I find it hard to believe that neighbours can go about every day living without saying a hello to they neighbour let alone knowing that there is an elderly person living alone in their street and not checking on them if they hadn't seen them for a day or two.