Friendly neighbors: How social distancing enhanced the camaraderie in one Florida neighborhood

Darlena Cunha Darlena Cunha is a writer who has lived in her neighborhood in Gainesville, Florida for three years but never really got to know her neighbors until recently. For Cunha, an unlikely outcome of the COVID-19 pandemic has been her neighborhood coming together and connecting in ways reminiscent of an earlier time. She and her neighbors have been doing socially distant exercise dates, happy hours, and lunches together from the safety of their lawns. Without our usual social safety nets,...